CVE-2022-24818: Unchecked JNDI lookups in GeoTools

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. The GeoTools library has a number of data sources that can perform unchecked JNDI lookups, which in turn can be used to perform class deserialization and result in arbitrary code execution. Similar to the Log4J case, the vulnerability can be triggered if the JNDI names are user-provided, but requires admin-level login to be triggered. The lookups are now restricted in GeoTools 26.4, GeoTools 25.6, and GeoTools 24.6. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that any downstream application should not allow usage of remotely provided JNDI strings.

Affected products

geotools: before 24.6; from 25.0 before 25.6; from 26.0 before 26.4 — fixed in 24.6, 25.6, 26.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: geotools 24.6, 25.6, 26.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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