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What is this endpoint?

geoserver

GeoServer

What an attacker could do

An exposed GeoServer instance is probed for CVE-2024-36401 OGC eval injection, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution, and for default admin/geoserver credentials granting full control of the geospatial data and underlying host.

How to defend it

Patch to a fixed GeoServer release, change the default admin credentials, and place the admin web interface behind authentication or network restrictions rather than the public internet.

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