{"items":[{"id":"NVI-00016170","kind":"vulnerability","title":"GeoServer log file path traversal vulnerability","revision":1,"unknowns":["Customer inventory, deployment, reachability and exploitation have not been inspected."],"lifecycle":"active","identifiers":["GHSA-8g7v-vjrc-x4g5","CVE-2023-41877"],"plain_summary":"GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for org.geoserver:gs-main. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.","review_status":"source_listed","control_topics":[],"public_actions":[{"summary":"Identify the exact component and deployed version, examine the linked publisher’s conditions, and retain evidence of any mitigation.","source_ids":["sr-388ac8f57914c7cc6ed14b0b499bd45b"],"action_type":"investigate","limitations":"Confirm current vendor support, compatibility and deployment evidence. This report has not tested a fix in your system.","current_supported_target":null}],"schema_version":"1.1.0","source_metrics":[{"kind":"CVSS","as_of":"2026-07-20T13:39:02.000Z","value":"7.2 high","meaning":"GitHub source severity; exploitability and local consequence require separate evidence.","source_id":"sr-388ac8f57914c7cc6ed14b0b499bd45b"}],"why_it_matters":"Published affected context helps an owner decide what evidence to gather. This report has not examined your application.","related_sources":[{"id":"sr-388ac8f57914c7cc6ed14b0b499bd45b","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8g7v-vjrc-x4g5","basis":"vendor_advisory","notes":"GitHub Advisory Database; CC-BY-4.0. Each advisory links its original attribution. Null normalizes fields.","title":"GHSA-8g7v-vjrc-x4g5","publisher":"GitHub Advisory Database","observed_at":"2026-11-04T02:49:06.528Z"}],"affected_context":[{"certainty":"source_listed","source_ids":["sr-388ac8f57914c7cc6ed14b0b499bd45b"],"technology":"org.geoserver:gs-main","known_exclusions":[],"conditions_summary":"### Impact\n\nThis vulnerability requires GeoServer Administrator with access to the admin console  to misconfigured the **Global Settings** for **log file location** to an arbitrary location.\n\nThis can be used to read files via the admin console **GeoServer Logs** page. It is also possible to leverage RCE or cause denial of service by overwriting key GeoServer files.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis issue has been addressed in GeoServer 3.0.0:\n* The Global Settings page can no longer be used to specify log file location\n* The application parameter ``GEOSERVER_LOG_LOCATION`` mechanism (outlined below) is now the only approach available to customize the log file location.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nA system administrator responsible for running GeoServer can define  the ``GEOSERVER_LOG_FILE`` parameter, preventing the global setting provided from being used.\n\nThe ``GEOSERVER_LOG_LOCATION`` parameter can be set as system property, environment variable, or servlet context parameter.\n\nEnvironmental variable:\n```bash\nexport GEOSERVER_LOG_LOCATION=/var/opt/geoserver/logs\n```\n\nSystem property:\n```bash\n-DGEOSERVER_LOG_LOCATION=/var/opt/geoserver/logs\n```\n\nWeb application ``WEB-INF/web.xml``:\n```xml\n  <context-para","public_affected_ranges":["<= 2.23.4"]}],"null_published_at":"2026-11-04T10:04:27.901Z","source_updated_at":"2026-07-20T13:39:02.000Z","source_disclosed_at":"2024-03-20T14:45:21.000Z","is_synthetic_fixture":false,"null_last_reviewed_at":null,"public_change_summary":"First indexed by Null; source disclosure date is shown separately.","null_first_observed_at":"2026-11-04T02:49:06.528Z"}],"next_cursor":null,"snapshot_revision":"42594"}