CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-46487

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-11-03 Modified 2026-11-03 Official page ↗

Exploitation and prioritisation

EU Vulnerability Database: EUVD-2026-116138

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	`org.geonetwork-opensource:geonetwork`	>= 4.0.0-alpha.1, <= 4.0.6-0	no fix yet	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	GHSA-582q-v28r-7cxr

Status: Received
Published: 2026-11-03
Last modified: 2026-11-03
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-862

Description

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.

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness

Referenced by GitHub Advisory · alias (1)

GHSA-582q-v28r-7cxr GeoNetwork has ACL bypass on Elasticsearch search when request body omits query field advisory · Maven