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 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 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	Type	Severity
460967	Echo: gdal: security update to 3.10.3+dfsg-1+e5	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
460967	Echo: gdal: security update to 3.10.3+dfsg-1+e5	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
442499	SCA: security update for GDAL (GHSA-r5m4-5vww-w9f5)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
442499	SCA: security update for GDAL (GHSA-r5m4-5vww-w9f5)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
315708	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-8212	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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