What is CVE-2023-26043?

CVE-2023-26043 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geonode, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-26043?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XXE in Geonode

CVE-2023-26043

GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data. GeoNode is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection in the style upload functionality of GeoServer leading to Arbitrary File Read. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.3.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

Published 2023-02-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Geonode — versions < 4.0.3
Geosolutionsgroup Geonode

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

github.com/GeoNode/geonode/security/advisories/GHSA-mcmc-c59m-pqq8 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/GeoNode/geonode/commit/2fdfe919f299b21f1609bf898f9dcfde58770ac0 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-26043?: CVE-2023-26043 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Geonode, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-26043?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.