Improper Validation of Array Index Affecting mapserver package, versions [6.4.0,8.6.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MAPSERVER-17111834
  • published31 May 2026
  • disclosed27 May 2026
  • creditMarkLee131

Introduced: 27 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-45104  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-129  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mapserver to version 8.6.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Array Index via the SLD_BODY parameter in WMS requests during SLD <ElseFilter> rule parsing. An attacker can cause a denial of service by submitting a specially crafted SLD payload that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1