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    CVE-2022-50899

    Geonetwork 3.10 through 4.2.0 contains an XML external entity vulnerability in PDF rendering that allows attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the server. Attackers can exploit the insecure XML parser by crafting a malicious XML document with external entity references to read system files through the baseURL parameter in PDF creation requests.

    Published:Jan 13, 2026
    Last Modified:Apr 7, 2026
    EPS:Jan 13, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00054
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Geonetwork
    Product
    Opensource
    Vendor
    Geonetwork-opensource
    Product
    Geonetwork
    Vendor
    Osgeo
    Product
    Geonetwork

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50982

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-221 Data Serialization External Entities Blowup

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High