CVE-2021-28398

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://geonetwork-opensource.org/Product
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/trunk/en/overview/change-log/version-3.6.0.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetworkThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-cf8p-c88c-h9jfMitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/Product
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/trunk/en/overview/change-log/version-3.6.0.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetworkThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-cf8p-c88c-h9jfMitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 5, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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