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Status published
Critical
CVE-2016-8640
A SQL injection vulnerability in pycsw all versions before 2.0.2,...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
Affected Vendor
https://github.com/geopython
View all reports →Affected Software
pycsw
Vulnerable Versions:
all versions before 2.0.2, 1.10.5 and 1.8.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 1st, 2018
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N