CVE-2016-8640

N/A

Published: August 1, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsPycswPycsw

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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. Also on PostgreSQL (at least) it is possible to perform updates/inserts/deletes and database modifications to any table the database user has access to.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Pycsw · Pycsw

95%

v < 1.8.61.10.0 ≤ v < 1.10.52.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.2

Affected range stops below 1.10.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 1.8.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Pycsw · HTTPS GitHub Com Geopython

60%

v < 2.0.2

Affected range stops below 2.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-89

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