Medium

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 manipu

  • Disclosed: 09.05.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:19

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.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) gdal < 3.13.0 3.13.0

References

CVSS score 5.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
-
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
gdal
Disclosed
09.05.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 13:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-2157 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: gdal

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (11) in the archive
Total entries
11
First → latest
10.2019 05.2026
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 3
  • Medium 4
  • Low 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2019: 1
  2. 2020: 0
  3. 2021: 1
  4. 2022: 1
  5. 2023: 0
  6. 2024: 0
  7. 2025: 1
  8. 2026: 7
Severity:
  1. 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 manipu this entry
    Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-8213 < 3.13.0 3.13.0

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