Deserialization of Untrusted Data in geoserver - CVE-2022-24847

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Deserialization of Untrusted Data in geoserver - CVE-2022-24847

Published: April 13, 2022 / Updated: May 5, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU129762
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24847
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
geoserver
Software vendor:
geoserver

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to deserialization of untrusted data in the GeoServer security mechanism, data store configuration, and disk quota mechanism when performing JNDI lookups through the GeoServer GUI or REST API. A remote privileged user can trigger an unchecked JNDI lookup to execute arbitrary code.

Exploitation requires administrative access and can occur through configuration changes made via the GeoServer GUI or REST API.


Remediation

Install security update from vendor's website.

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