CVE-2021-40822 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GeoServer through 2.18.5 and 2.19.x through 2.19.2 allows SSRF via the option for setting a proxy host.

Published: 2022-05-01

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 19.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:osgeo:geoserver::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-rr33-j5p5-ppf8	GeoServer allows SSRF via the option for setting a proxy host

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19761.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/compare/2.19.2...2.19.3
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-10229
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-10229?focusedCommentId=83508

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.91433}`	epss `{'score': 0.91718}`

Subscriptions

Osgeo Geoserver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-05-01T23:17:25.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:51:07.436Z

Reserved: 2021-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40822

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-05-02T00:15:08.113

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:07:28.813

Link: CVE-2021-40822

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-918
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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