Unauthenticated code execution via unescaped Jiffle comments
Published Apr 13, 2022 · Updated Oct 21, 2025
Code injection in GeoSolutions JAI-EXT before 1.1.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through Jiffle scripts. Script.write embeds attacker-controlled Jiffle text in a Java documentation comment without escaping comment terminators, and Janino compiles the resulting injected Java source. Exposure requires a consuming application, such as GeoServer, to accept Jiffle scripts over the network; default GeoServer deployments expose this path without authentication.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in GeoSolutions JAI-EXT before 1.1.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through Jiffle scripts. Script.write embeds attacker-controlled Jiffle text in a Java documentation comment without escaping comment terminators, and Janino compiles the resulting injected Java source. Exposure requires a consuming application, such as GeoServer, to accept Jiffle scripts over the network; default GeoServer deployments expose this path without authentication.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24816
- Published
- Apr 13, 2022
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Vendor
- GeoSolutions
- Product
- JAI-EXT
- Classifications
- CWE-94, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 13, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 21, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.1.22
- Affected versionversion=< 1.1.22
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What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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| Sep 9, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 12, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 13, 2026 | Unavailable |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 2 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Unavailable |
Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Synacktiv Jiffle code-injection proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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Reported exploitation
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog listingknown exploited catalog
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