CVE-2024-36401

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-07-15. Federal remediation due 2024-08-05.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

99.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 100.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-07-01 15:25Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 22:56Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-05-27

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-95Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')Variant
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9e7b2a7fad8d498b569a7f27b38f476ebbe9222061d1398661db8348b4b0a3c7

• github.comhttps://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-6jj6-gm7p-fcvvx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-w3pj-wh35-fq8wx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/4797x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/Warxim/CVE-2022-41852?tab=readme-ov-file#workaround-for-cve-2022-41852x_refsource_MISC
• osgeo-org.atlassian.nethttps://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-7587x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-36401government-resource
• www.vicarius.iohttps://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/geoserver-rce-cve-2024-36401