GHSA-2p76-gc46-5fvc GeoNetwork affected by XML External Entity (XXE) processing vulnerability in WFS indexing REST API endpoint

• Maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-web-app: >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.8 → fixed in 4.4.8 • Maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-web-app: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.13 → fixed in 4.2.13 • Maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-wfsfeature-harvester: >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.8 → fixed in 4.4.8 • Maven org.geonetwork-opensource:gn-wfsfeature-harvester: >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.13 → fixed in 4.2.13

Impact GeoNetwork WFS Index functionality is affected by GeoTools XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability during schema validation. This vulnerability is particularly severe as the REST API endpoint was not secured, potentially allowing unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files Patches GeoNetwork 4.4.8 / 4.2.13. Workarounds Remove the ``gn-wfsfeature-harvester`` and ``gn-camelPeriodicProducer`` jars, disabling the WFS Index functionality. References • GHSA-826p-4gcg-35vw • https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8757 • https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8803 • https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/pull/8812