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GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc json

GeoNetwork affected by XML External Entity (XXE) processing vulnerability in WFS indexing REST API endpoint

published last yr. modified 9mo ago

cvss
8.2
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
—
no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

### Impact

GeoNetwork WFS Index functionality is affected by GeoTools XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability during schema validation.

This vulnerability is particularly severe as the REST API endpoint was not secured, potentially allowing unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files

### Patches

GeoNetwork 4.4.8 / 4.2.13.

### Workarounds

Remove the ``gn-wfsfeature-harvester`` and ``gn-camelPeriodicProducer`` jars, disabling the WFS Index functionality.

### References

- [GHSA-826p-4gcg-35vw](https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-826p-4gcg-35vw) - https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8757 - https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8803 - https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8812

Patch / fix

  • maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-web-app 4.2.13, 4.4.8
  • maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-wfsfeature-harvester 4.2.13, 4.4.8

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-web-app
>=4.4.0, <4.4.8
>=4.2.0, <4.2.13
4.4.8
4.2.13
maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-wfsfeature-harvester
>=4.4.0, <4.4.8
>=4.2.0, <4.2.13
4.4.8
4.2.13

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

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