Headline
GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc: GeoNetwork affected by XML External Entity (XXE) processing vulnerability in WFS indexing REST API endpoint
Impact
GeoNetwork WFS Index functionality is affected by GeoTools XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability during schema validation.
This vulnerability is particularly severe as the REST API endpoint was not secured, potentially allowing unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files
Patches
GeoNetwork 4.4.8 / 4.2.13.
Workarounds
Remove the gn-wfsfeature-harvester and gn-camelPeriodicProducer jars, disabling the WFS Index functionality.
References
- GHSA-826p-4gcg-35vw
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8757
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8803
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8812
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GeoNetwork affected by XML External Entity (XXE) processing vulnerability in WFS indexing REST API endpoint
High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 10, 2025 in geonetwork/core-geonetwork • Updated Jun 10, 2025
Package
maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-web-app (Maven)
Affected versions
>= 4.4.0, <= 4.4.7
>= 4.2.0, <= 4.2.12
Patched versions
4.4.8
4.2.13
maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-wfsfeature-harvester (Maven)
>= 4.4.0, <= 4.4.7
>= 4.2.0, <= 4.2.12
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 10, 2025
Last updated
Jun 10, 2025
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