CVE-2026-8212

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-05-10. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A flaw has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 addresses this issue. This patch is called 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd. The affected component should be upgraded.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
10.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 9, 2026

Last Modified

May 19, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit.
generic

pocs/gdal-swsdfldsrch_oob-read at main · biniamf/pocs · GitHub

https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-swsdfldsrch_oob-read
generic

Out-of-bounds read in SWSDfldsrch via size_t underflow in quote-stripping memmove · Issue #14398 · OSGeo/gdal · GitHub

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14398
github_commit

commit 3e04c0385630 (OSGeo/gdal)

Fix landed in OSGeo/gdal commit 3e04c0385630 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd
generic

GitHub - OSGeo/gdal: GDAL is an open source MIT licensed translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats. · GitHub

https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8212(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
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Weakness Classification(3)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8212?
CVE-2026-8212 is a medium vulnerability published on May 9, 2026. A flaw has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published and may be…
When was CVE-2026-8212 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8212 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 9, 2026, with the most recent update on May 19, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8212 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8212 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 10.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8212?
CVE-2026-8212 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8212?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8212, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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