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CVE-2026-8086

Published: May 7, 2026

Modified: May 7, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

Description

A vulnerability was identified in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. This issue affects the function SWnentries of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Such manipulation of the argument DimensionName leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. Upgrading to version 3.12.4RC1 is capable of addressing this issue. The name of the patch is 9491e794f1757f08063ea2f7a274ad2994afa636. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Vendor	Product	Versions
OSGeo	gdal	affected `3.13.0dev-4` unaffected `3.12.4RC1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

VDB-361839 | OSGeo gdal SWapi.c SWnentries heap-based overflow

vdb-entry

technical-description

VDB-361839 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)

signature

permissions-required

Submit #808038 | OSGeo GDAL 3.13.0dev Heap-based Buffer Overflow

third-party-advisory

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14356

issue-tracking

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/14361

issue-tracking

patch

https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-swinqdims_bof

exploit

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/9491e794f1757f08063ea2f7a274ad2994afa636

patch

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.12.4RC1

patch

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/

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