Memory corruption in OSGeo gdal
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in OSGeo gdal (frmts/zlib/contrib/infback9 modules). This vulnerability is associated with program files inftree9.C. This issue affects gdal: before 3.11.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00263 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-4738
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hp6p-5qh5-w9fj
References
More OSGeo vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-24187 Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in evaluating property name expressions in Geoserver KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-08629 Improper Control of Generation of Code in jai-ext KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-36149 GeoServer is vulnerable to an Unauthenticated XML External Entities (XXE) attack via WMS GetMap feature KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-10619 Unfiltered SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Geoserver CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-23486 WPS Server Side Request Forgery in GeoServer CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-36983 MapServer - WFS XML Filter Query SQL injection CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-4738 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4738 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hp6p-5qh5-w9fj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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