Critical

resdata has Classic Buffer Overflow, Improper Validation of Array Index, NULL Pointer Dereference and Out-of-bounds Read

  • Disclosed: 18.08.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 14:19

Impact

Prior to version 6.2.9 resdata would not correctly validate input in GRDECL files. The severity rating assumes that resdata is used to parse untrused files in a networking context such as a webservice.

Patches

The bug has been patched starting with version 6.2.9.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) resdata < 6.2.9 6.2.9

References

CVSS score 9.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-120, CWE-125, CWE-129, CWE-476
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
resdata
Disclosed
18.08.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 14:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-3694 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pr85-w493-9w3x - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: resdata

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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