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CVE-2024-40625: GeoServer Coverage REST API Allows Server Side Request Forgery

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-06-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

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.

Affected products

• geoserver org.geoserver.extension:gs-db2: before 2.26.0 — fixed in 2.26.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: geoserver org.geoserver.extension:gs-db2 2.26.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2
• https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11468
• https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11717

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