TI-2024-23300 Aliases CVE-2024-35230 GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6

Welcome and About GeoServer pages communicate version and revision information

MEDIUM 63CWE-200Published 2024-12-16 · Updated 2024-12-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. In affected versions the welcome and about page includes version and revision information about the software in use (including library and components used). This information is sensitive from a security point of view because it allows software used by the server to be easily identified. This issue has been patched in version 2.26.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00697 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed geoserver (geoserver): 2.26.0org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven): 2.25.1+1 more product

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

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	2.0.0 to before 2.26.0	2.26.0	Patch available	CNA
—	org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven)	2.0.0 to before 2.25.1	2.25.1	Patch available	GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6
—	org.geoserver.web:gs-web-core (Maven)	2.0.0 to before 2.25.1	2.25.1	Patch available	GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6

geoserver Vendorgeoserver Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.26.0 Fixed in 2.26.0 Patch available CNA
org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.25.1 Fixed in 2.25.1 Patch available GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6
org.geoserver.web:gs-web-core (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.0.0 to before 2.25.1 Fixed in 2.25.1 Patch available GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver::::::::	2.0.0 to before 2.25.1	Vulnerable	OSGeo

cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 to before 2.25.1 Vulnerable ·OSGeo

Remediation

Fix · CNA geoserver (geoserver) Fixed in 2.26.0
Fix · GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6 org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) Fixed in 2.25.1 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6 org.geoserver.web:gs-web-core (Maven) Fixed in 2.25.1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-35230
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-6pfc-w86r-54q6

Patch 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35230

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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