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CVE-2021-40822 Public exploit EPSS 19.3%

GeoServer through 2.18.5 and 2.19.x through 2.19.2 allows SSRF via the option for setting a proxy host.

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Breakdown
59.5 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in VulnCheck KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
0/15

First seen exploited 21 months after disclosure. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 16 days after disclosure.

  1. Disclosedday 0
  2. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+16 days
  3. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence+21 mo

2 related vulnerabilities in the same code over 3 years.

Linked vulnerabilitiesLinked by evidence that a fix failed or the same code was patched again. Oldest first.

  1. This CVECVE-2021-40822GeoServer through 2.18.5 and 2.19.x through 2.19.2 allows SSRF…1 May 2022
  2. relatedHigh

    Why these are linked:

    CVE-2024-29198GeoServer Vulnerable to Unauthenticated SSRF via TestWfsPost10 Jun 2025

techniques

No techniques linked

No ATT&CK techniques are linked to this CVE yet. MITRE CTID has not mapped it, and no report passage in the corpus ties it to a technique.

Am I affected? What do I upgrade to?

From GitHub Security Advisories and OSV

1 package in 1 ecosystem. Main package: org.geoserver:gs-main.

Mavenorg.geoserver:gs-mainGHSA-rr33-j5p5-ppf8

No fixed version published. Check the advisory or remove the package.

Affected versions, by release line

If you runUpgrade to
2.19.0 through 2.19.2No fix published
2.18.5 and earlierNo fix published

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

References

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