Authenticated code execution via unrestricted JNDI lookup
Published Apr 14, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Deserialization in GeoWebCache's JDBC disk quota store before 1.19.3 and 1.20.0 through 1.20.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute code. JDBCQuotaStoreFactory.getDataSource passes the configured JNDI source directly to InitialContext.lookup, permitting non-Java schemes that can resolve attacker-controlled serialized objects. Remote reachability requires administrative access to the GeoServer interface or REST configuration; stand-alone deployments require write access to local configuration, and successful lookup executes code in the server process.
Summary
What happened
Deserialization in GeoWebCache's JDBC disk quota store before 1.19.3 and 1.20.0 through 1.20.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute code. JDBCQuotaStoreFactory.getDataSource passes the configured JNDI source directly to InitialContext.lookup, permitting non-Java schemes that can resolve attacker-controlled serialized objects. Remote reachability requires administrative access to the GeoServer interface or REST configuration; stand-alone deployments require write access to local configuration, and successful lookup executes code in the server process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24846
- Published
- Apr 14, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- GeoWebCache
- Product
- GeoWebCache
- Classifications
- CWE-502, CWE-20, CWE-400, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 14, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 1.19.3
- Affected versionversion=>= 1.20.0, < 1.20.2
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