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SCA: security update for org.geoserver.main:gs-main, org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (GHSA-mc43-4fqr-c965)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437139

Description

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

 - GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. An improper URI
 validation vulnerability exists that enables an unauthorized attacker to perform XML External Entities
 (XEE) attack, then send GET request to any HTTP server. By default, GeoServer use
 PreventLocalEntityResolver class from GeoTools to filter out malicious URIs in XML entities before
 resolving them. The URI must match the regex (?i)(jar:file|http|vfs)[^?#;]*\\.xsd. But the regex leaves a
 chance for attackers to request to any HTTP server or limited file. Attacker can abuse this to scan
 internal networks and gain information about them then exploit further. GeoServer 2.25.0 and greater
 default to the use of ENTITY_RESOLUTION_ALLOWLIST and does not require you to provide a system property.
 (CVE-2024-34711)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mc43-4fqr-c965

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437139

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-34711

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-34711