A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in OSGeo gdal up to 3.13.0dev-4 . Affected by this vulnerability is the function SWSDfldsrch of the file frmts/hdf4/hdf-eos/SWapi.c . Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-8212 . The attack requires local access. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.