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. 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.

• CWE-89
• CWE-89

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/filesPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patchPatch, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/filesPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patchPatch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 1, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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