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TI-2021-09537 Aliases CVE-2021-28398

A privileged attacker in GeoNetwork before 3.12.0 and 4.x before 4.0.4 can use the…

Priority LOW 35CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

A privileged attacker in GeoNetwork before 3.12.0 and 4.x before 4.0.4 can use the directory harvester before-script to execute arbitrary OS commands remotely on the hosting infrastructure. A User Administrator or Administrator account is required to perform this. This occurs in the runBeforeScript method in harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/localfilesystem/LocalFilesystemHarvester.java. The earliest affected version is 3.4.0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01457 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.4.0 to before 3.12.0; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4VulnerableOSGeo
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:4.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 alpha1VulnerableOSGeo
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 alpha2VulnerableOSGeo
  • cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.4.0 to before 3.12.0; 4.0.0 to before 4.0.4 Vulnerable ·OSGeo
  • cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:4.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha1 Vulnerable ·OSGeo
  • cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geonetwork:4.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 alpha2 Vulnerable ·OSGeo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-28398

References

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2025-21556 GeoTools, GeoServer, and GeoNetwork XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in XSD schema handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2022-26353 Geonetwork 4.2.0 - XML External Entity (XXE) CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2024-21128 GeoNetwork vulnerable to search end-point information disclosure in response headers CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3

Sources

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