CVE-2016-8640
A SQL injection vulnerability in pycsw all versions before 2.0.2, 1.10.5 and 1.8.6 that leads to read and extract of any data from any table in the pycsw database that the database user has access to.
02 Description
A SQL injection vulnerability in pycsw all versions before 2.0.2, 1.10.5 and 1.8.6 that leads to read and extract of any data from any table in the pycsw database that the database user has access to.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-08-01 18:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 00:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fe597c0e6ea930d23e8644ec6aa5bb55139454994bb8f15701f313c0845f7c81
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com94302http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302
- github.comhttps://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20161111 CVE-2016-8640 pycsw SQL injection issuehttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406
- patch-diff.githubusercontent.comhttps://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pycsw Fixed in 2.0.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pycsw Fixed in 2.0.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pycsw Fixed in 2.0.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- pycsw No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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