Name: CVE-2026-8087: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2026-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2026-8087, CWE-122, CWE-119, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00022

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 4.0 Base Score: 1.9 (LOW)
CVSS 4.0 Vector: (CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X)
CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libgdal34t64 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libgdal38 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libgdal1h (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libgdal1i (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libgdal30 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade gdal-bin (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libgdal26 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libgdal20 (Ubuntu Pro)	Sep 24, 2026	May 7, 2026

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