$ cve CVE-2024-36404 JSON

CVE-2024-36404

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 76.1% (pctl 100)

Patch early

EPSS 76.1% — above the 10% action threshold.

Description

GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. Prior to versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6, Remote Code Execution (RCE) is possible if an application uses certain GeoTools functionality to evaluate XPath expressions supplied by user input. Versions 31.2, 30.4, and 29.6 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, GeoTools can operate with reduced functionality by removing the `gt-complex` jar from one's application. As an example of the impact, application schema `datastore` would not function without the ability to use XPath expressions to query complex content. Alternatively, one may utilize a drop-in replacement GeoTools jar from SourceForge for versions 31.1, 30.3, 30.2, 29.2, 28.2, 27.5, 27.4, 26.7, 26.4, 25.2, and 24.0. These jars are for download only and are not available from maven central, intended to quickly provide a fix to affected applications.

Scoring

CVSS	9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	76.07% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-95
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	none known
Published	2024-07-02
Last modified	2026-06-17

References

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