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SCA: security update for GDAL (GHSA-r5m4-5vww-w9f5)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 442499

Description

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)

Solution

Update the GDAL library and its related packages to version 3.13.0RC1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5m4-5vww-w9f5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 442499

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/30/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8212

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8212