CVE-2026-8087
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8087
Vendor advisory: cna@vuldb.com — https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.13.0RC1
Vendor advisory: cna@vuldb.com — https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14363
Vendor advisory: cna@vuldb.com — https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/184f77dbcc74118c062c05e464c88161d3c37b9b
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | affected | |
| debian | sid | affected | |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
References
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/184f77dbcc74118c062c05e464c88161d3c37b9b
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14363
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.13.0RC1
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-gdinqfields_bof
- https://vuldb.com/submit/808039
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/361840
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/361840/cti
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8087
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8087
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h9rh-5ffh-h669
CWEs
CWE-119 CWE-122
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.