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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2026-8213 json

OSGeo gdal Grid File GDapi.c GDSDfldsrch heap-based overflow

published 2026-05-09 6 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-gdal-2026-8213 , EUVD-2026-28949 , GHSA-8q76-c96g-j64j , JLSEC-2026-772 , PYSEC-2026-2157

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 17%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this issue is the function GDSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/GDapi.c of the component Grid File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 can resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami gdal 3.13.0
  • julia GDAL_jll 305.1300.0+0
  • pypi gdal 3.13.0
  • OSGeo gdal 3.13.0RC1
  • gdal Debian 14 3.13.0+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8213

  • gdal Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.10.1+dfsg-5ubuntu1+esm3
  • gdal Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.11.3+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • gdal Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.2.3+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • gdal Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 3.0.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • gdal Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 3.4.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • gdal Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 3.8.4+dfsg-3ubuntu3+esm1
  • gdal Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS 3.12.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-8213

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14399 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-gdsdfldsrch_oob-read referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/submit/808128 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 5.3 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
CNA 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
CNA 4.0 1.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 2.0 4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami gdal
<3.13.0
3.13.0
julia GDAL_jll
<305.1300.0+0
305.1300.0+0
pypi gdal
<3.13.0
3.13.0

Affected products

  • OSGeo gdal

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

Sources

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