What is CVE-2022-24818?

CVE-2022-24818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Geotools, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2022-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-24818?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-24818 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Geotools

CVE-2022-24818

GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. The GeoTools library has a number of data sources that can perform unchecked JNDI lookups, which in turn can be used to perform class deserialization and resu…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.082 (92.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Geotools — versions >= 26.0, < 26.4, >= 25.0, < 25.6, < 24.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-jvh2-668r-g75x (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
github.com/geotools/geotools/commit/4f70fa3234391dd0cda883a20ab0ec75688cba49 (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24818?: CVE-2022-24818 is a high-severity vulnerability in Geotools, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2022-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-24818?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-24818 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.