CVE-2022-24818

HIGH

GeoTools < 24.6 - Authenticated Expression Language Injection via JNDI Lookup

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-24818. PoCs published by mbadanoiu.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository provides a writeup and references for CVE-2022-24818, a Java deserialization vulnerability via unchecked JNDI lookups in GeoServer and GeoTools. It includes links to vendor disclosures, a detailed PDF, and ysoserial for exploitation.

Description

GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. The GeoTools library has a number of data sources that can perform unchecked JNDI lookups, which in turn can be used to perform class deserialization and result in arbitrary code execution. Similar to the Log4J case, the vulnerability can be triggered if the JNDI names are user-provided, but requires admin-level login to be triggered. The lookups are now restricted in GeoTools 26.4, GeoTools 25.6, and GeoTools 24.6. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that any downstream application should not allow usage of remotely provided JNDI strings.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP
by mbadanoiu · poc
https://github.com/mbadanoiu/CVE-2022-24818

This repository provides a writeup and references for CVE-2022-24818, a Java deserialization vulnerability via unchecked JNDI lookups in GeoServer and GeoTools. It includes links to vendor disclosures, a detailed PDF, and ysoserial for exploitation.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Deserialization
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: GeoServer, GeoTools
Auth required
Prerequisites: Admin-level access to GeoServer · JNDI injection setup
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0229
EPSS Percentile 80.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-917 CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
geotools/geotools < 24.6
Published Apr 13, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026