Eval injection in geotools - CVE-2024-36404
Published: March 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105786
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36404
CWE-ID: CWE-95
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: geotools
Affected software:
geotools
geotools
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to the application allows to evaluate ab untrusted XPath input. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary code on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-36404
Install updates from vendor's website.