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TI-2024-27037 Aliases CVE-2024-40625GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2

GeoServer Coverage REST API Allows Server Side Request Forgery

Priority LOW 25CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. The Coverage rest api /workspaces/{workspaceName}/coveragestores/{storeName}/{method}.{format} allows attackers to upload files with a specified url (with {method} equals 'url') with no restrict. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.26.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00385 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed geoserver (geoserver): 2.26.0org.geoserver:gs-rest (Maven): 2.26.0+1 more product

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
geoservergeoserverbefore 2.26.02.26.0Patch availableCNA
—org.geoserver:gs-rest (Maven)before 2.26.02.26.0Patch availableGHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2
—org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven)before 2.26.02.26.0Patch availableGHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2
  • geoserver Vendorgeoserver Affected before 2.26.0 Fixed in 2.26.0 Patch available CNA
  • org.geoserver:gs-rest (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.26.0 Fixed in 2.26.0 Patch available GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2
  • org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.26.0 Fixed in 2.26.0 Patch available GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.26.0VulnerableOSGeo
  • cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.26.0 Vulnerable ·OSGeo

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA geoserver (geoserver) Fixed in 2.26.0
  • Fix · GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2 org.geoserver:gs-rest (Maven) Fixed in 2.26.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2 org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven) Fixed in 2.26.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-40625
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2

References

Patch 1

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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