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SCA: security update for org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app, org.geoserver:gs-rest (GHSA-h86g-x8mm-78m5)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 437056

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. It is possible to
 bypass the default REST API security and access the index page. The REST API security handles rest and its
 subpaths but not rest with an extension (e.g., rest.html). The REST API index can disclose whether certain
 extensions are installed. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.26.3 and 2.25.6. As a workaround, in
 ${GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR}/security/config.xml, change the paths for the rest filter to /rest.*,/rest/** and
 change the paths for the gwc filter to /gwc/rest.*,/gwc/rest/** and restart GeoServer. (CVE-2025-27505)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h86g-x8mm-78m5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 437056

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/27/2026

Updated: 1/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27505

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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-2025-27505

cwe: CWE-862