A flaw has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.13.0RC1 addresses this issue. This patch is called 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd. The affected component should be upgraded.

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

  - A flaw has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function
    SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer
    overflow. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to
    version 3.13.0RC1 addresses this issue. This patch is called 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd. The
    affected component should be upgraded. (CVE-2026-8212)

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

  - A flaw has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4. Affected by this vulnerability is the function     SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer     overflow. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to     version 3.13.0RC1 addresses this issue. This patch is called 3e04c0385630e4d42517046d9a4967dfccfeb7fd. The     affected component should be upgraded. (CVE-2026-8212)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
442499	SCA: security update for GDAL (GHSA-r5m4-5vww-w9f5)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
442499	SCA: security update for GDAL (GHSA-r5m4-5vww-w9f5)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
315708	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-8212	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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