# 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

- Also known as: GHSA-HG4C-RGVM-964G, PYSEC-2018-98
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.2, 1.8.6, 1.10.5
- Published: 2018-08-01 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- https://github.com/geopython pycsw: version range not reported
- pycsw (PyPI): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.2
- pycsw (PyPI): fixed in 1.8.6
- pycsw (PyPI): from 1.10.0, fixed in 1.10.5
- pycsw (PyPI): fixed in 1.8.6; from 1.10.0, fixed in 1.10.5; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.2

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on https://github.com/geopython pycsw, pycsw, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.2, 1.8.6, 1.10.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94302
- https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/pull/474/files
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/406
- https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/geopython/pycsw/pull/474.patch

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