🛡️ CVE-2025-27505 — geoserver
Description
GeoServer Missing Authorization on REST API Index
Summary
It is possible to bypass the default REST API security and access the index page.
Details
The REST API security handles rest and its subpaths but not rest with an extension (e.g., rest.html).
Impact
The REST API index can disclose whether certain extensions are installed.
Workaround
In ${GEOSERVER_DATA_DIR}/security/config.xml, change the paths for the rest filter to /rest.*,/rest/ and change the paths for the gwc filter to /gwc/rest.*,/gwc/rest/ and restart GeoServer.
References
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11664
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11776
https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/pull/8170
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.
Weakness class
CVE-2025-27505 is classified as CWE-862: Missing Authorization. No authorisation check is performed before carrying out a restricted action.
Affected software
CVE-2025-27505 is recorded against 3 packages.
- geoserver (from 2.26.0 up to 2.26.3)
- org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app (fixed in 2.25.6)
- org.geoserver:gs-rest (fixed in 2.25.6)
Timeline and source
Published on 10 June 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.
References
github.com
github.com
osgeo-org.atlassian.net
osgeo-org.atlassian.net
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| geoserver | 2.26.0 | 2.26.3 |
| org.geoserver:gs-rest | — | 2.25.6 |
| org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app | — | 2.25.6 |
References
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