EUVD-2025-17667
GHSA-r4hf-r8gj-jgw2
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | Access to internal services, cloud metadata endpoints, or other resources not intended to be publicly accessible. Can lead to data exfiltration or further exploitation. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), this represents a moderate risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker provides a URL pointing to an internal service (e.g., http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/) through a vulnerable parameter, causing the server to fetch and return internal data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 14, 2026
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.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available — apply it immediately. Validate and whitelist allowed URLs and IP ranges. Block requests to internal/private IP ranges. Use network segmentation to limit server-side request scope.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 3 packages in maven, euvd
Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.
Technical ContextAI · show details
Server-Side Request Forgery allows an attacker to induce the server to make HTTP requests to arbitrary destinations, including internal services. This vulnerability is classified as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918).
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
Primary rating from GitHub Advisory · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorGitHub Advisory
Lifecycle Timeline
2Executive ViewAI
Organizations using GeoServer should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2024-40625, a server-side request forgery vulnerability rated CVSS 5.5. Users could be tricked into performing unintended actions. A patch is available and should be applied during regular vulnerability management.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: implement egress filtering, block metadata endpoints.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
How this decision was reached
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What every action level means
SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
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