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.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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.
    (CVE-2026-8084)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8812-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GDAL incorrectly handled certain netCDF files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu     26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-49014)

    It was discovered that GDAL incorrectly handled certain HDF-EOS files. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-8086, CVE-2026-8087, CVE-2026-8212,     CVE-2026-8213)

    It was discovered that GDAL incorrectly handled certain HDF-EOS file metadata. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause GDAL to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-8084, CVE-2026-8088)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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.
    (CVE-2026-8084)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
462240	Echo: gdal: security update to 3.10.3+dfsg-1+e4	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
462240	Echo: gdal: security update to 3.10.3+dfsg-1+e4	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
350178	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : GDAL vulnerabilities (USN-8812-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	medium
313181	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-8084	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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