7.2

CVE-2021-28398: osgeo geonetwork OS Command Injection

CVSS: 7.2v3.1HighModified
Published 05-09-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-28398 is a high (CVSS 7.2) OS Command Injection vulnerability in osgeo geonetwork. EPSS estimates a 1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.43%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A privileged attacker in GeoNetwork before 3.12.0 and 4.x before 4.0.4 can use the directory harvester before-script to execute arbitrary OS commands remotely on the hosting infrastructure. A User Administrator or Administrator account is required to perform this. This occurs in the runBeforeScript method in harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/localfilesystem/LocalFilesystemHarvester.java. The earliest affected version is 3.4.0.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 1.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Osgeo1 product
  • geonetwork≥ 3.4.0, < 3.12.0 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.4 | 4.0.0:alpha1 | 4.0.0:alpha2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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