Name: CVE-2016-8640: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-8640, CWE-89, CVSS 9.1, EPSS 0.00905

A SQL injection vulnerability in pycsw all versions before 2.0.2, 1.10.5 and 1.8.6 that leads to read and extract of any data from any table in the pycsw database that the database user has access to. Also on PostgreSQL (at least) it is possible to perform updates/inserts/deletes and database modifications to any table the database user has access to.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade pycsw	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 1, 2018
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Aug 1, 2018

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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