TI-2022-08659 Aliases CVE-2022-24847 GHSA-4pm3-f52j-8ggh

Improper Input Validation in GeoServer

LOW 37CWE-20Published 2022-04-13 · Updated 2025-04-23

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: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-917.

Summary

GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. The GeoServer security mechanism can perform an unchecked JNDI lookup, which in turn can be used to perform class deserialization and result in arbitrary code execution. The same can happen while configuring data stores with data sources located in JNDI, or while setting up the disk quota mechanism. In order to perform any of the above changes, the attack needs to have obtained admin rights and use either the GeoServer GUI, or its REST API. The lookups are going to be restricted in GeoServer 2.21.0, 2.20.4, 1.19.6. Users unable to upgrade should restrict access to the `geoserver/web` and `geoserver/rest` via a firewall and ensure that the GeoWebCache is not remotely accessible.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0156 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed geoserver (geoserver): 2.20.4, 2.19.6org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven): 2.20.4, 2.19.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
geoserver	geoserver	2.20.0 to before 2.20.4; before 2.19.6	2.20.4, 2.19.6	Patch available	CNA
—	org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven)	2.20.0 to before 2.20.4	2.20.4	Patch available	GHSA-4pm3-f52j-8ggh
—	org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven)	before 2.19.6	2.19.6	Patch available	GHSA-4pm3-f52j-8ggh

geoserver Vendorgeoserver Affected 2.20.0 to before 2.20.4; before 2.19.6 Fixed in 2.20.4, 2.19.6 Patch available CNA
org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.20.0 to before 2.20.4 Fixed in 2.20.4 Patch available GHSA-4pm3-f52j-8ggh
org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.19.6 Fixed in 2.19.6 Patch available GHSA-4pm3-f52j-8ggh

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver::::::::	before 2.19.6; 2.20.0 to before 2.20.4	Vulnerable	OSGeo

cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.19.6; 2.20.0 to before 2.20.4 Vulnerable ·OSGeo

Remediation

Fix · CNA geoserver (geoserver) Fixed in 2.20.4, 2.19.6
Fix · GHSA-4pm3-f52j-8ggh org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven) Fixed in 2.20.4 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-4pm3-f52j-8ggh org.geoserver:gs-main (Maven) Fixed in 2.19.6 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-24847
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4pm3-f52j-8ggh

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

TI-2024-24187 Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in evaluating property name expressions in Geoserver KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-36149 GeoServer is vulnerable to an Unauthenticated XML External Entities (XXE) attack via WMS GetMap feature KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-10619 Unfiltered SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Geoserver CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-23486 WPS Server Side Request Forgery in GeoServer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-17518 GeoServer 2, in some configurations, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-21556 GeoTools, GeoServer, and GeoNetwork XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in XSD schema handling CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9

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Sources

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