CVE-2024-36404
GeoTools Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in evaluating XPath expressions
- Published
- Jul 2, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 2, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Aug 5, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. Prior to versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6, Remote Code Execution (RCE) is possible if an application uses certain GeoTools functionality to evaluate XPath expressions supplied by user input. Versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, GeoTools can operate with reduced functionality by removing the `gt-complex` jar from one's application. As an example of the impact, application schema `datastore` would not function without the ability to use XPath expressions to query complex content. Alternatively, one may utilize a drop-in replacement GeoTools jar from SourceForge for versions 31.1, 30.3, 30.2, 29.2, 28.2, 27.5, 27.4, 26.7, 26.4, 25.2, and 24.0. These jars are for download only and are not available from maven central, intended to quickly provide a fix to affected applications.
Sources
2- GeoServerExploitExploit
GeoServer（CVE-2024-36401/CVE-2024-36404）漏洞利用工具
- cve-2024-36401-geoserver-rceExploit
Reproducible study of CVE-2024-36401: unauthenticated RCE in GeoServer via JXPath eval injection. Includes technical report, working exploit/verifier, and Docker environment demonstrating the flaw on vulnerable vs. patched instances.
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