GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-h9rh-5ffh-h669 OSGeo GDAL vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow

LOW Published 2026-05-07 Modified 2026-05-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-8087
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
GDAL
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-119
Reviewed
2026-05-12

Affected packages

• PyPI GDAL: < 3.13.0 → fixed in 3.13.0

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Impacted is the function GDnentries of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/GDapi.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument DataFieldName results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is named 184f77dbcc74118c062c05e464c88161d3c37b9b. You should upgrade the affected component.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-8087 A security flaw has been discovered in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

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