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CVE-2026-46487

GeoNetwork: ACL bypass on Elasticsearch search when request body omits query field

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-11-03
  • WeaknessCWE-862

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-11-0318:44CVE publishedCNA

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 15:37 UTC
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Products declared by the CNA

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written. NVD lists no product for this CVE yet: this is the only product data so far.

  • geonetwork core-geonetwork
    Affected
    • = >= 4.0.0-alpha.1, <= 4.0.6-0no fix stated
    • = >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.16no fix stated
    • = >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.11no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-11-03

Neither OSV.dev nor the vendor advisories we read list affected versions for CVE-2026-46487 yet.

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Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

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none so far
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Exploit-DB
no entry
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Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CNACVSS 3.17.52026-11-03
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-8622026-11-03
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-862read 2026-11-03

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2026-11-03
Last Modified
2026-11-03
NVD status
Received

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-46487?

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.

Is CVE-2026-46487 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-46487 has not been confirmed.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-46487?

CVE-2026-46487 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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