CVE-2024-23634GeoServer arbitrary file renaming vulnerability in REST Coverage/Data Store API
- 6.0MediumCVSS base score
- 0.69%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 47% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
GeoServer is an open source software server written in Java that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. An arbitrary file renaming vulnerability exists in versions prior to 2.23.5 and 2.24.2 that enables an authenticated administrator with permissions to modify stores through the REST Coverage Store or Data Store API to rename arbitrary files and directories with a name that does not end in `.zip`. Store file uploads rename zip files to have a `.zip` extension if it doesn't already have one before unzipping the file. This is fine for file and url upload methods where the files will be in a specific subdirectory of the data directory but, when using the external upload method, this allows arbitrary files and directories to be renamed. Renaming GeoServer files will most likely result in a denial of service, either completely preventing GeoServer from running or effectively deleting specific resources (such as a workspace, layer or style). In some cases, renaming GeoServer files could revert to the default settings for that file which could be relatively harmless like removing contact information or have more serious consequences like allowing users to make OGC requests that the customized settings would have prevented them from making. The impact of renaming non-GeoServer files depends on the specific environment although some sort of denial of service is a likely outcome. Versions 2.23.5 and 2.24.2 contain a fix for this issue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.geoserver:gs-restconfigGHSA-75m5-hh4r-q9gx (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-75m5-hh4r-q9gx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/7289 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/commit/5d6af2f8ba9ad7dffae59575504a867159698772 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/commit/c37f58fbacdfa0d581a6f99195585f70b1201f0a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11213 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-0853 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-75m5-hh4r-q9gx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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