Description
GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. Prior to versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6, Remote Code Execution (RCE) is possible if an application uses certain GeoTools functionality to evaluate XPath expressions supplied by user input. Versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, GeoTools can operate with reduced functionality by removing the `gt-complex` jar from one's application. As an example of the impact, application schema `datastore` would not function without the ability to use XPath expressions to query complex content. Alternatively, one may utilize a drop-in replacement GeoTools jar from SourceForge for versions 31.1, 30.3, 30.2, 29.2, 28.2, 27.5, 27.4, 26.7, 26.4, 25.2, and 24.0. These jars are for download only and are not available from maven central, intended to quickly provide a fix to affected applications.
Published: 2024-07-02
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 74.9% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w3pj-wh35-fq8w GeoTools Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in evaluating XPath expressions
References
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https://github.com/Warxim/CVE-2022-41852?tab=readme-ov-file#workaround-for-cve-2022-41852 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/commit/f0c9961dc4d40c5acfce2169fab92805738de5ea cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/4797 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-w3pj-wh35-fq8w cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-7587 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2024%20Releases/24.0/geotools-24.0-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2025%20Releases/25.2/geotools-25.2-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2026%20Releases/26.4 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2026%20Releases/26.7/geotools-26.7-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2027%20Releases/27.4/geotools-27.4-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2027%20Releases/27.5/geotools-27.5-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2028%20Releases/28.2/geotools-28.2-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2029%20Releases/29.2/geotools-29.2-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2030%20Releases/30.2/geotools-30.2-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2030%20Releases/30.3/geotools-30.3-patches.zip/download cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/geotools/files/GeoTools%2031%20Releases/31.1 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Geotools Geotools
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T03:37:05.024Z

Reserved: 2024-05-27T15:59:57.031Z

Link: CVE-2024-36404

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Updated: 2024-08-02T03:37:05.024Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-07-02T14:15:13.450

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:36:39.237

Link: CVE-2024-36404

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Updated: 2025-07-12T22:31:40Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-95

    Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')