CVE-2026-63219
highGeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources.
GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. Prior to versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17, the API endpoint for creating a new formatter via file upload is unprotected and allows the upload of external uncontrolled files. An unauthenticated attacker can upload arbitrary `.xsl` or `.zip` formatter files to the server. An unauthenticated attacker can write arbitrary files into the GeoNetwork formatter directory. On its own this constitutes unauthorized write access to server storage. The issue is patched in GeoNetwork versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://docs.geonetwork-opensource.org/4.2/overview/change-log/version-4.2.17 security-advisories@github.com
- https://docs.geonetwork-opensource.org/4.4/overview/change-log/version-4.4.12 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/9346 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-mh22-prqr-vf42 security-advisories@github.com
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/geonetwork-fixes-unauthenticated-rce.html security-advisories@github.com