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
Published Aug 1, 2018
9.3
CRITICALCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.34%
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 products
- Vendor n/a Product Pycsw Defaultn/a
- Version all versions before 2.0.2, 1.10.5 and 1.8.6StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Pycsw | n/a |
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.34% (0.02336) | 82.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.34% (0.02336) | 81.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.46% (0.01460) | 79.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.63% (0.03634) | 79.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.58% (0.01577) | 80.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00192) | 57.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.19% (0.00192) | 55.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 23, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00245) | 62.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 26, 2023 | 0.37% (0.00372) | 69.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.41% (0.00412) | 69.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg4c-rgvm-964g Advisory
- https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/commit/522873e5ce48bb9cbd4e7e8168ca881ce709c222
- https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/commit/69546e13527c82e4f9191769215490381ad511b2
- https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/commit/daaf09b4b920708a415be3c7f446739661ba3753
- https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycsw/PYSEC-2018-98.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8640
- https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hg4c-rgvm-964g | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/commit/522873e5ce48bb9cbd4e7e8168ca881ce709c222 | ||
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/commit/69546e13527c82e4f9191769215490381ad511b2 | ||
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/commit/daaf09b4b920708a415be3c7f446739661ba3753 | ||
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycsw/PYSEC-2018-98.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8640 | ||
| https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory |
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