What is CVE-2026-8213?

CVE-2026-8213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Osgeo Gdal, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-8213?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Osgeo Gdal

CVE-2026-8213

A vulnerability has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this issue is the function GDSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/GDapi.c of the component Grid File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 can resolve this issue. The identifier of the patch is 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2026-05-09 · last modified 2026-07-24.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.6th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.6% 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

github.com/OSGeo/gdal/ (Product, product)
github.com/OSGeo/gdal/commit/3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd (Patch, patch)
github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/14399 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Patch, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)
github.com/OSGeo/gdal/releases/tag/v3.13.0RC1 (Patch, Release Notes, patch)
github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/gdal-gdsdfldsrch_oob-read (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
vuldb.com/submit/808128 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
vuldb.com/vuln/362430 (technical-description, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/vuln/362430/cti (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-8213?: CVE-2026-8213 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Osgeo Gdal, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-8213?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.