CVE-2025-30220
[XBOW-025-068] XML External Entity (XXE) Processing Vulnerability in GeoServer WFS Service
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by GHSA (high).
Description
GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. GeoTools Schema class use of Eclipse XSD library to represent schema data structure is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) exploit. This impacts whoever exposes XML processing with gt-xsd-core involved in parsing, when the documents carry a reference to an external XML schema. The gt-xsd-core Schemas class is not using the EntityResolver provided by the ParserHandler (if any was configured). This also impacts users of gt-wfs-ng DataStore where the ENTITY_RESOLVER connection parameter was not being used as intended. This vulnerability is fixed in GeoTools 33.1, 32.3, 31.7, and 28.6.1, GeoServer 2.27.1, 2.26.3, and 2.25.7, and GeoNetwork 4.4.8 and 4.2.13.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app, org.geoserver:gs-wfs | 2.27.1, 2.26.3, 2.25.7 |
Show all 2 entries from 1 source
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app | 2.27.1, 2.26.3, 2.25.7 |
| maven::GitHub Security Advisory Maven | org.geoserver:gs-wfs | 2.27.1, 2.26.3, 2.25.7 |
References
- https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/production/config.html#production-config-external-entities
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8757
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8803
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8812
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jj54-8f66-c5pc
- https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-826p-4gcg-35vw