SCA: security update for GeoNode (GHSA-mcmc-c59m-pqq8)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434480

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of
geospatial data. GeoNode is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection in the style upload
functionality of GeoServer leading to Arbitrary File Read. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.3.
(CVE-2023-26043)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mcmc-c59m-pqq8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434480

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26043

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26043

cwe: CWE-611