GeoServer

GeoSolutions engineering brings FIPS compatibility to GeoServer 3

Blog, News ‐ Posted on 04.11.2026 by simone giannecchini

On October 19, 2026 the GeoServer project announced three releases: 3.0.2, 2.28.6 and 2.27.7. For most deployments these are maintenance and security updates. For organizations that must run their geospatial infrastructure under formal cryptographic requirements, 3.0.2 carries something more: a new FIPS community module, developed by GeoSolutions, that lets GeoServer run on top of a FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic module. In this post we look at what the module enables, the engineering behind it, and what teams should plan before adopting it. What FIPS compatibility enables FIPS 140-3 is the United States government standard for cryptographic modules, and a hard...

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PHP2Shell and NGINX: what it means for MapStore, GeoServer and GeoNode

PHP2Shell: what it means for MapStore, GeoServer and GeoNode users

Blog, News ‐ Posted on 23.10.2026 by simone giannecchini

On 21 October 2026 the PHP project released fixes for two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, now known as PHP2Shell. They allow unauthenticated remote code execution on web servers running PHP. Exploitation attempts were observed even before public disclosure. The UK NCSC has issued an alert asking organisations to find and patch every PHP installation, and to take offline what they cannot fix. Since then we have been receiving questions from organisations running our open source products. Here is the short answer, and what we suggest you check. Are MapStore, GeoServer and GeoNode affected? No since none of them uses...

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GeoSolutions at FOSS4G North America 2026, Sacramento, CA, November 2-4, 2026

GeoSolutions at FOSS4G North America 2026 in Sacramento

Blog, News ‐ Posted on 07.10.2026 by simone giannecchini

Dear Reader, From November 2 to 4, 2026, GeoSolutions will be at FOSS4G North America 2026 in Sacramento, California, at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento. Simone Giannecchini and Andrea Aime will be there for the whole conference, from Monday to Wednesday. You will find them at our table in the exhibit area, where GeoSolutions is present as a Bronze sponsor, and in the session rooms for our four talks. If you want to talk about GeoServer, MapStore or GeoNode, write to sales@geosolutionsgroup.com and we will book a slot. Our talks This year we bring four talks, all in the Technical track...

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Genova urban digital twin in MapStore: BIM project model placed in the 3D city mesh

Meet GeoSolutions at Smart City Expo World Congress 2026 (Hall 2, Stand C161): open source geospatial platforms for cities

Blog, News ‐ Posted on 22.09.2026 by simone giannecchini

Dear Reader, From November 3 to 5, 2026, GeoSolutions will be at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Fira Gran Via, as part of the Italian Pavilion organised by ITA, the Italian Trade Agency. You will find Eleonora Fontana and the GeoSolutions team in Hall 2, Stand C161. If you are planning to attend and want to talk about geoportals, urban digital twins or open data infrastructure for your city, write to sales@geosolutionsgroup.com and we will book a slot at the stand. From inspiration to implementation The theme of this year's congress is "From Inspiration to Implementation", and it...

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GeoSolutions at FOSS4G 2026 in Hiroshima

Blog, News ‐ Posted on 15.09.2026 by simone giannecchini

Dear Reader, We are back from FOSS4G 2026 in Hiroshima, Japan, and we want to share what we presented and what we brought home. With up to 14 parallel tracks, this year's global edition was dense: two days of workshops, three days of talks, and plenty of conversations at the booth. GeoSolutions attended with one representative per product line: Andrea Aime for GeoServer, Lorenzo Natali for MapStore and Stefano Bovio for GeoNode. Together they delivered 5 workshops and 14 presentations, and GeoSolutions supported the event as a sponsor, continuing our long-standing commitment to the OSGeo community and to open geospatial...

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