GeoNetwork up to 3.12.12/4.0.6/4.2.14/4.4.9 improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GeoNetwork up to 3.12.12/4.0.6/4.2.14/4.4.9. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in improper authorization. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-39379. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in GeoNetwork up to 3.12.12/4.0.6/4.2.14/4.4.9. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. From 3.0.0 until 4.2.15 and 4.4.10, requesting a nonexistent or unauthorized service URL can cause an error page to reflect attacker-controlled request content inside an AngularJS application without adequately neutralizing it for template evaluation. A remote attacker can induce a victim, including an administrator, to open a crafted link so the reflected value is evaluated as an AngularJS template expression. Combined with known AngularJS sandbox-escape techniques, this can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's authenticated browser session, disclose information, or perform actions as the victim. This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.15 and 4.4.10.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-39379 since 04/06/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1548.002 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.2.15 or 4.4.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• GeoNetwork

Version

• 3.12.0
• 3.12.1
• 3.12.2
• 3.12.3
• 3.12.4
• 3.12.5
• 3.12.6
• 3.12.7
• 3.12.8
• 3.12.9
• 3.12.10
• 3.12.11
• 3.12.12
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4
• 4.2.5
• 4.2.6
• 4.2.7
• 4.2.8
• 4.2.9
• 4.2.10
• 4.2.11
• 4.2.12
• 4.2.13
• 4.2.14
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.4.5
• 4.4.6
• 4.4.7
• 4.4.8
• 4.4.9

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