`CVE-2026-76904`

Severity	9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1
Fixed in	`35.1`, `34.5`, `33.6`
Weakness	SQL injection (CWE-89)
Published	21 Aug 2026
Updated	3 Nov 2026

Published 2 months ago. NVD often adds the list of affected products days or weeks after a CVE is published, and the other sources we check lag too. The scope and status here may change.

Description

GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. Starting in version 30.5 and prior to versions 33.6, 34.5, and 33.6, an SQL Injection Vulnerability is present when executing OGC Filters with PostGIS DataStore implementation: jsonArrayContains function; Requires PostGIS 12 or greater with a String or JSON field. For PostGIS 12 and greater jsonArrayContains(<column>, <pointer>, <value>) function writes <value> into generated SQL without escaping. Patches are available in versions 33.6, 34.5, and 33.6. No known workaround is available. To limit scope of SQL Injection the PostGIS connection pool should be configured with limited rights.

Exploitation status

Exploited

Real-world exploitation reported by VulnCheck KEV. CISA has not confirmed it.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV listed Exploitation reported in the wild. 1 citation · honeypot sightings · 2 exploits · earliest 2026-08-21.
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC 3 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in GitHub PoC, Nuclei; first seen 2026-08-16.
EPSS 4.0% chance in 30 days

VulnCheck KEV

Exploitation evidence from VulnCheck Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (VulnCheck KEV), used under VulnCheck's community terms. View CVE-2026-76904 in VulnCheck (free account).

Evidence	Source	Detail	Date
Honeypot sighting	Shadowserver honeypots	Exploitation attempts seen on 2 days	2026-08-24 to 2026-09-06
Reported exploitation	previdian.com	/CVE-2026-76904	2026-08-21
Exploit reference	VulnCheck XDB a84bac21ea28	Exploit type: initial-access	2026-08-16
Exploit reference	VulnCheck XDB ba840cc25ac9	Exploit type: info-leak	2026-08-26

Evidence

Source

Detail

Date

Honeypot sighting

Shadowserver honeypots

Exploitation attempts seen on 2 days

2026-08-24 to 2026-09-06

Reported exploitation

previdian.com

/CVE-2026-76904

2026-08-21

Exploit reference

VulnCheck XDB a84bac21ea28

Exploit type: initial-access

2026-08-16

Exploit reference

VulnCheck XDB ba840cc25ac9

Exploit type: info-leak

2026-08-26

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
GitHub PoC	One-Day POC \| GeoServer Unauthenticated SQL injection to complete RCE	6	2026-08-16
GitHub PoC	PostGIS SQL Injection GeoTools	1	2026-08-26
Nuclei	GeoServer jsonArrayContains CQL Filter - SQL Injection

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

Protection none
Action feasible
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE
Finding	A researcher set this CVE's status to Mitigation candidate.

Decided by

A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

Finding

A researcher set this CVE's status to Mitigation candidate.

Waratek research note

written 2026-11-13

Written by a Waratek engineer who reviewed this CVE. Their decision sets the status above, ahead of every automated rule except a withdrawal.

Comments

SQL injection in GeoTools gt-jdbc-postgis through the jsonArrayContains filter function, reachable unauthenticated through GeoServer's CQL_FILTER parameter. The SQL rule does not currently detect this injection.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.geotools.jdbc:gt-jdbc-postgis 35.0 35.1 unbounded

org.geotools.jdbc:gt-jdbc-postgis 34.0 34.5 unbounded

org.geotools.jdbc:gt-jdbc-postgis 30.5 33.6 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.geotools.jdbc:gt-jdbc-postgis`	35.0	`35.1`	unbounded
`org.geotools.jdbc:gt-jdbc-postgis`	34.0	`34.5`	unbounded
`org.geotools.jdbc:gt-jdbc-postgis`	30.5	`33.6`	unbounded

Products and versions

1 product, 3 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
osv	org.geotools.jdbc	gt-jdbc-postgis	generic	≥ 30.5 and ＜ 33.6 · ≥ 34.0 and ＜ 34.5 · ≥ 35.0 and ＜ 35.1

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

osv

org.geotools.jdbc

gt-jdbc-postgis

generic

≥ 30.5 and ＜ 33.6 · ≥ 34.0 and ＜ 34.5 · ≥ 35.0 and ＜ 35.1

References

URL	Tags
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/security/advisories/GHSA-mqjf-5f49-2fjh	WEB
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/pull/5829	WEB
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/commit/d821c4d321dd91c22e31fcd5b1ce676645da5176	WEB
https://github.com/geotools/geotools	PACKAGE
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/releases/tag/33.6	WEB
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/releases/tag/34.5	WEB
https://github.com/geotools/geotools/releases/tag/35.1	WEB
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-7589	WEB
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-7958	WEB
https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOT-7959	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2026-08-21	By the CVE Program.
VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence	2026-08-21	Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.
VulnCheck KEV: latest evidence	2026-09-06	Date of the newest report, exploit reference or honeypot sighting in VulnCheck KEV's record.
NVD record modified	2026-10-14	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.
Last VRT activity	2026-11-03	Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.
Classification created	2026-11-13	First commit adding this CVE's research note.

Published

2026-08-21

By the CVE Program.

VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence

2026-08-21

Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.

VulnCheck KEV: latest evidence

2026-09-06

Date of the newest report, exploit reference or honeypot sighting in VulnCheck KEV's record.

NVD record modified

2026-10-14

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Last VRT activity

2026-11-03

Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.

Classification created

2026-11-13

First commit adding this CVE's research note.

How VRT decided (4 of 24 rules ran)

4 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification decided it matched Mitigation candidate A researcher set this CVE's status to Mitigation candidate.

5 manual classification not reached Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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