What is CVE-2022-24846?

CVE-2022-24846 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Geoserver Geowebcache, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-04-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-24846?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-24846 known to be exploited?

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

Deserialization in Geoserver Geowebcache

CVE-2022-24846

GeoWebCache is a tile caching server implemented in Java. The GeoWebCache disk quota mechanism can perform an unchecked JNDI lookup, which in turn can be used to perform class deserialization and result in arbitrary code execution. While in GeoWebCache the JNDI strings are provided via local configuration file, in GeoServer a user interface is provided to perform the same, that can be accessed remotely, and requires admin-level login to be used. These lookup are unrestricted in scope and can lead to code execution. The lookups are going to be restricted in GeoWebCache 1.21.0, 1.20.2, 1.19.3.

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

EPSS: 0.012 (65.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Geoserver Geowebcache
Geowebcache — versions >= 1.20.0, < 1.20.2, < 1.19.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24846?: CVE-2022-24846 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Geoserver Geowebcache, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-24846?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-24846 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.