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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-28398 · published 5 September 2022

CVE-2021-28398: Osgeo geonetwork os command injection vulnerability

Osgeo · Geonetwork

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.

7.2 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 1.4% · top 28.1% CWE-78 · OS command injection
7.2CVSS 3.1 base score
1.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/ Product
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/trunk/en/overview/change-log/version-3.6.0.html PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-cf8p-c88c-h9jf MitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/ Product
https://geonetwork-opensource.org/manuals/trunk/en/overview/change-log/version-3.6.0.html PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-cf8p-c88c-h9jf MitigationPatchThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-28398), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.