CVE-2026-8087
Publication date 7 May 2026
Last updated 14 May 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
A security flaw has been discovered in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Impacted is the function GDnentries of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/GDapi.c. Performing a manipulation of the argument DataFieldName results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 is recommended to address this issue. The patch is named 184f77dbcc74118c062c05e464c88161d3c37b9b. You should upgrade the affected component.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| gdal | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
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| 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of ESM support, was needs-triage | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
5.3 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8087
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14363
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/184f77dbcc74118c062c05e464c88161d3c37b9b (v3.13.0RC1)
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/184f77dbcc74118c062c05e464c88161d3c37b9b
- https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.13.0RC1
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-gdinqfields_bof
- https://vuldb.com/submit/808039
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/361840
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/361840/cti