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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +author: Andrea Aime |
| 3 | +date: 2025-11-25 |
| 4 | +layout: post |
| 5 | +title: GeoServer 2.28.1 Release |
| 6 | +categories: |
| 7 | +- Announcements |
| 8 | +- Vulnerability |
| 9 | +tags: |
| 10 | +- Release |
| 11 | +release: release_228 |
| 12 | +version: 2.28.1 |
| 13 | +jira_version: 17537 |
| 14 | +--- |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +GeoServer [2.28.1](/release/2.28.1/) release is now available |
| 17 | +with downloads |
| 18 | +([bin](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.28.1/geoserver-2.28.1-bin.zip/download), |
| 19 | +[war](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.28.1/geoserver-2.28.1-war.zip/download), |
| 20 | +[windows](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.28.1/GeoServer-2.28.1-winsetup.exe/download)), along with |
| 21 | +[docs](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.28.1/geoserver-2.28.1-htmldoc.zip/download) and |
| 22 | +[extensions](https://sourceforge.net/projects/geoserver/files/GeoServer/2.28.1/extensions/). |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +This is a stable release of GeoServer recommended for production use. |
| 25 | +GeoServer 2.28.1 is made in conjunction with GeoTools 34.1, and GeoWebCache 1.28.1. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +Thanks to Andrea Aime for making this release. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +## Security Considerations |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +This release addresses security vulnerabilities and is considered an important upgrade for production systems. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +* [GEOS-11921](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11921) - [CVE-2025-21621](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-w66h-j855-qr72) - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WMS GetFeatureInfo HTML format (Moderate) |
| 34 | +* [GEOS-11922](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11922) - [CVE-2025-58360](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/security/advisories/GHSA-fjf5-xgmq-5525) - Unauthenticated XXE via WMS GetMap (High) |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +The use of the CVE system allows the GeoServer team to reach a wider audience than blog posts. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +See project [security policy](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/blob/main/SECURITY.md) for more information on how security vulnerabilities are managed. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +## Release notes |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +Improvement: |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +* [GEOS-11950](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11950) WMS cascade: fully respect ‘restrict to layer bounds’ flag on GetMap requests |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +Bug: |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +* [GEOS-4159](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-4159) Layer from SQL view feature type details not refreshing after editing sql query (and refreshing attributes there) |
| 50 | +* [GEOS-11930](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11930) OGC-API extension breaks security REST API |
| 51 | +* [GEOS-11963](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11963) BlobStorePage breaks when failing to save a blob store configuration |
| 52 | +* [GEOS-11965](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11965) KMZ export incorrectly references remote icon URLs instead of embedding them in the KMZ archive |
| 53 | +* [GEOS-11981](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11981) POST /security/authproviders | 400: Unsupported className |
| 54 | +* [GEOS-11988](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11988) Fix bug: preserve metaTilingThreads=0 in saneConfig() |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +Task: |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +* [GEOS-11898](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11898) GeoFence: issues in evaluation of virtual layer services access |
| 59 | +* [GEOS-11962](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11962) Run CITE tests against Java 17, 21 and 25 |
| 60 | +* [GEOS-11987](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11987) ImageN 0.9.1 migration requires renaming of registryFile.jai to registryFile.imagen |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +For the complete list see [2.28.1](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.28.1) release notes. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +## Community Updates |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +Community module development: |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +* [GEOS-11959](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11959) New community module GeoWebCache Google Cloud Storage |
| 69 | +* [GEOS-11961](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11961) OSEO layer management: Support creation of image mosaics in CRS other than 4326 |
| 70 | +* [GEOS-11980](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11980) Add support for uploading a single parquet file to GeoServer via REST |
| 71 | +* [GEOS-11983](https://osgeo-org.atlassian.net/browse/GEOS-11983) GSR /query fails with HTTP 500 when where parameter is empty |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Community modules are shared as source code to encourage collaboration. If a topic being explored is of interest to you, please contact the module developer to offer assistance. |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +# About GeoServer 2.28 Series |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +Additional information on GeoServer 2.28 series: |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +* [GeoServer 2.28 User Manual](https://docs.geoserver.org/2.28.x/en/user/) |
| 80 | +* [GeoServer 2025 Q4 Developer Update]({% post_url 2025-10-14-developer-update %})* [Advertise and Enforce Attribute Restrictions](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-234) |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Release notes: |
| 83 | +( [2.28.1](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.28.1) |
| 84 | +| [2.28.0](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.28.0) |
| 85 | +| [2.28-M0](https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/releases/tag/2.28-M0) |
| 86 | +) |
| 87 | + |
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