CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2026-46487
High (7.5). EPSS 0.5% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork 4.2.16, 4.4.11.
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GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. From 4.0.0-alpha.1 until 4.2.16 and 4.4.11, the Elasticsearch-backed search proxy can skip GeoNetwork's access-control filter injection when a client request has an omitted query field. The request is then forwarded to Elasticsearch without group visibility, draft exclusion, record ownership, or portal-specific filtering. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use the affected public search API to retrieve the full indexed contents of metadata records that should not be publicly visible. This issue is fixed in versions 4.2.16 and 4.4.11.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.5% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 40th percentile. Scored 2026-11-04. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CWE
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- OWASP Top 10
- A01:2025 Broken Access Control
- Published
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Versions
From the CNA's record in the CVE List.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| geonetwork core-geonetwork | >= 4.0.0-alpha.1, <= 4.0.6-0 |
| geonetwork core-geonetwork | >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.16 |
| geonetwork core-geonetwork | >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.11 |
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-582q-v28r-7cxr | Maven | org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork | >=4.0.0-alpha.1 <=4.0.6-0 | no fix published |
| GHSA-582q-v28r-7cxr | Maven | org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork | >=4.2.0 <4.2.16 | 4.2.16 |
| GHSA-582q-v28r-7cxr | Maven | org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork | >=4.4.0 <4.4.11 | 4.4.11 |
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-665 Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws Likelihood: Low · Severity: Very High
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.
References
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/commit/1916412d38999f2eff68bad2dfccd69340d20f3f
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/commit/6c756c63cd1fa942f3832d99c64380c69c5e8be9
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/releases/tag/4.2.16
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/releases/tag/4.4.11
- https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/security/advisories/GHSA-582q-v28r-7cxr