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Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-8213OSGeo gdal Grid File GDapi.c GDSDfldsrch heap-based overflow

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in gdal from OSGeo. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12gdalno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-8213
Debian:13gdalno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-8213
Debian:14gdal3.13.0+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8213
PyPIgdal3.13.0PYSEC-2026-2157
Ubuntu:25.10gdalno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-8213

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
OSGeo gdal 3.13.0dev-4

Weakness: CWE-122, CWE-119 · 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

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