What is CVE-2026-8084?

CVE-2026-8084 is a low-severity vulnerability in Osgeo Gdal, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-8084?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Osgeo Gdal

CVE-2026-8084

A vulnerability was determined in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. This vulnerability affects the function memmove of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c of the component HDF-EOS Grid File Handler. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 is able to resolve this issue. Patch name: a791f70f8eaec540974ec989ca6fb00266b7646c. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-05-07 · last modified 2026-10-26.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Osgeo Gdal — versions 3.13.0dev-4, 3.13.0RC1, 3.13.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

vuldb.com/vuln/361838 (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/vuln/361838/cti (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
vuldb.com/submit/808034 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal_swfinfo_dimlist_oob-rw (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14378 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/biniamf/pocs/blob/main/gdal_swfinfo_dimlist_oob-rw (Third Party Advisory, exploit)
github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/a791f70f8eaec540974ec989ca6fb00266b7646c (Patch, patch)
github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.13.0RC1 (Release Notes, patch)
github.com/OSGeo/gdal/ (Product, product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-8084?: CVE-2026-8084 is a low-severity vulnerability in Osgeo Gdal, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2026-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-8084?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.