core-geonetwork vulnerability

What happened

GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. From 3.12.0 until 4.2.16 and 4.4.11, unsafe redirect validation in GeonetworkOAuth2LoginAuthenticationFilter and KeycloakAuthenticationProcessingFilter permits an attacker-controlled external redirect after login. This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.16 and 4.4.11.

Affected versions

core-geonetwork: >= 3.12.0, <= 3.12.12; >= 4.0.0-alpha.1, <= 4.0.6; >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.16; >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.11 Fixed: See vendor advisory.

Why it matters

Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.

Detection & mitigation

• Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
• Review affected product exposure and access logs.