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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-8086 Detail

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.9 LOW
Vector:  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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/ VulDB Product 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/9491e794f1757f08063ea2f7a274ad2994afa636 VulDB Patch 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14356 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/pull/14361 VulDB Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.12.4RC1 VulDB Release Notes 
https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-swinqdims_bof VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/submit/808038 CISA-ADP, VulDB Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/vuln/361839 VulDB Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://vuldb.com/vuln/361839/cti VulDB Permissions Required  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-8086
NVD Published Date:
05/07/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/08/2026
Source:
VulDB