ACTIVELY EXPLOITED

CVE-2024-36401: OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools Eval Injection Vulnerability

Facts
VendorOSGeo
ProductGeoServer
Actively exploitedYes
Added to CISA KEV15 Jul 2024
CISA federal deadline5 Aug 2024
Weakness (CWE)CWE-95

Required action (CISA's text)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description (NVD)

OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools contains an improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code vulnerability due to unsafely evaluating property names as XPath expressions. This allows unauthenticated attackers to conduct remote code execution via specially crafted input.

SOURCES

Other OSGeo flaws

Data from NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Updated 10 Nov 2026.