# CVE-2026-55209: resdata insufficiently validates untrusted GRDECL files

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3694, GHSA-PR85-W493-9W3X
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.2.9
- Published: 2026-09-14 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- equinor resdata: fixed in 6.2.9
- resdata (PyPI): fixed in 6.2.9

## Description

resdata is software for reading and writing result files from the Eclipse reservoir simulator. Prior to 6.2.9, resdata insufficiently validates numeric fields, grid dimensions, keyword sizes, and array indexes while parsing untrusted GRDECL files in lib/resdata/rd_kw_grdecl.cpp and lib/resdata/rd_grid.cpp. Malformed COORD, ZCORN, CORSNUM, ACTNUM, or MAPAXES data can reach rd_grid_alloc_GRDECL_kw__ with inconsistent lengths, while unbounded floating-point conversion can exceed the intended parser buffer. In a network service that accepts untrusted GRDECL files, these conditions can cause a classic buffer overflow, out-of-bounds reads, invalid array access, NULL pointer dereference, memory corruption, or service termination. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on equinor resdata, resdata, upgrade to a fixed version (6.2.9) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/equinor/resdata/security/advisories/GHSA-pr85-w493-9w3x
- https://github.com/equinor/resdata/pull/1166
- https://github.com/equinor/resdata/commit/9f8fd6db472e0696080b768389914d60a453904f
- https://github.com/equinor/resdata/commit/d3f45828e9413506b8e8160a9304f4b7b06dcefc
- https://github.com/equinor/resdata/commit/ee8cc12b026d945df3077bc98e211ee45f80a433
- https://github.com/equinor/resdata/releases/tag/6.2.9

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