TI-2024-25759 Aliases CVE-2024-38524 GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f

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LOW 39CWE-200Published 2025-06-10 · Updated 2025-06-10

Key facts

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

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

Summary

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. org.geowebcache.GeoWebCacheDispatcher.handleFrontPage(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse) has no check to hide potentially sensitive information from users except for a hidden system property to hide the storage locations that defaults to showing the locations. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.26.2 and 2.25.6.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0046 40th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed geoserver (geoserver): 2.26.2, 2.25.6org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven): 2.26.2, 2.25.6+1 more product

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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	2.26.0 to before 2.26.2; before 2.25.6	2.26.2, 2.25.6	Patch available	CNA
—	org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven)	2.26.0 to before 2.26.2	2.26.2	Patch available	GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
—	org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven)	before 2.25.6	2.25.6	Patch available	GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
—	org.geoserver:gs-gwc (Maven)	2.26.0 to before 2.26.2	2.26.2	Patch available	GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
—	org.geoserver:gs-gwc (Maven)	before 2.25.6	2.25.6	Patch available	GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f

geoserver Vendorgeoserver Affected 2.26.0 to before 2.26.2; before 2.25.6 Fixed in 2.26.2, 2.25.6 Patch available CNA
org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.26.0 to before 2.26.2 Fixed in 2.26.2 Patch available GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.25.6 Fixed in 2.25.6 Patch available GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
org.geoserver:gs-gwc (Maven) Vendor— Affected 2.26.0 to before 2.26.2 Fixed in 2.26.2 Patch available GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
org.geoserver:gs-gwc (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.25.6 Fixed in 2.25.6 Patch available GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver::::::::	before 2.25.6; 2.26.0 to before 2.26.2	Vulnerable	OSGeo

cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.25.6; 2.26.0 to before 2.26.2 Vulnerable ·OSGeo

Remediation

Fix · CNA geoserver (geoserver) Fixed in 2.26.2, 2.25.6
Fix · GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) Fixed in 2.26.2 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) Fixed in 2.25.6 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f org.geoserver:gs-gwc (Maven) Fixed in 2.26.2 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f org.geoserver:gs-gwc (Maven) Fixed in 2.25.6 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38524
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f

Patch 3

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38524

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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