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Attackers target zero-day vulnerability in geospatial data platform GeoServer
Security researchers have seen evidence that attackers are attempting to exploit a currently unpatched SQL injection vulnerability in GeoServer, an open-source web server for managing and publishing geospatial data.
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Researchers have observed attackers trying to exploit an unpatched SQL injection flaw in GeoServer, an open‑source web server for geospatial data. The vulnerability resides in the jsonArrayContains function, permitting unauthenticated users to inject SQL commands that could lead to remote code execution when the database runs with administrator rights on Microsoft SQL Server. A bug bounty hunter disclosed the zero‑day on X, and another user reported reproducing the issue in a non‑default configuration. GeoServer is widely deployed across government, defense, scientific, educational, engineering and technology sectors.
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