GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. Prior to versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17, the Saxon XSLT processor used to render formatters is configured without secure processing (FEATURESECUREPROCESSING) and without disabling Java extension functions (ALLOWEXTERNALFUNCTIONS). Any stylesheet loaded by GeoNetwork can therefore invoke java.lang.Runtime.exec() or java.lang.ProcessBuilder directly, achieving arbitrary command execution as the GeoNetwork process user. A user with sufficient privileges to upload a formatter can deliver a .xsl file containing Java extension call that execute arbitrary OS commands with the privileges of the GeoNetwork process. The issue is patched in GeoNetwork versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17.

GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. Prior to versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17, the API endpoint for creating a new formatter via file upload is unprotected and allows the upload of external uncontrolled files. An unauthenticated attacker can upload arbitrary .xsl or .zip formatter files to the server. An unauthenticated attacker can write arbitrary files into the GeoNetwork formatter directory. On its own this constitutes unauthorized write access to server storage. The issue is patched in GeoNetwork versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17.

Geonetwork 3.10 through 4.2.0 contains an XML external entity vulnerability in PDF rendering that allows attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the server. Attackers can exploit the insecure XML parser by crafting a malicious XML document with external entity references to read system files through the baseURL parameter in PDF creation requests.

SQL injection vulnerability in GeoNetwork opensource before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands, and complete a login, via unspecified vectors.

Impact

The search end-point response headers contain information about Elasticsearch software in use. This information is sensitive from a security point of view because it allows software used by the server to be easily identified.

Patches

GeoNetwork 4.4.5 / 4.2.10

Workarounds

None

References - CVE-2024-32037 - Search service

Credits

- Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, The Netherlands.