# CVE-2024-38524: GWC Home Page communicate version and revision information

- Also known as: GHSA-JM79-7XHW-6F6F
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.26.2, 2.25.6
- Published: 2025-06-10 · Updated: 2025-06-10

## Affected

- geoserver: from 2.26.0, fixed in 2.26.2; fixed in 2.25.6
- org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven): from 2.26.0, fixed in 2.26.2
- org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven): fixed in 2.25.6
- org.geoserver:gs-gwc (Maven): from 2.26.0, fixed in 2.26.2
- org.geoserver:gs-gwc (Maven): fixed in 2.25.6

## Description

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. org.geowebcache.GeoWebCacheDispatcher.handleFrontPage(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse) has no check to hide potentially sensitive information from users except for a hidden system property to hide the storage locations that defaults to showing the locations. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.26.2 and 2.25.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on geoserver, org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app, org.geoserver:gs-gwc, upgrade to a fixed version (2.26.2, 2.25.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-jm79-7xhw-6f6f
- https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/issues/1344
- https://github.com/GeoWebCache/geowebcache/pull/1345
- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8189
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11677

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