CVE-2026-59932 (GCVE-0-2026-59932)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-28 17:59 – Updated: 2026-07-29 13:56
VLAI
Title
PhpSpreadsheet: Gnumeric reader unbounded gzip expansion causes memory exhaustion
Summary
PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. In versions 4.0.0 through 5.8.0, 3.3.0 through 3.10.6, 2.2.0 through 2.4.6, 2.0.0 through 2.1.17, and all releases up to and including 1.30.5, the Gnumeric reader reads attacker-supplied .gnumeric files into memory and, when the file starts with gzip magic bytes, calls gzdecode() on the full compressed contents without enforcing a decompressed-size limit. A very small compressed .gnumeric file can expand to data larger than the PHP memory limit and crash the process during Gnumeric::canRead() before the file is rejected or fully parsed. This is reachable through normal file-type detection and Gnumeric loading paths, so applications that accept attacker-controlled spreadsheet uploads can suffer denial of service. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.8.1, 3.10.7, 2.4.7, 2.1.18 and 1.30.6.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-29 13:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7838 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet Affected: >= 4.0.0, < 5.8.1
Affected: >= 3.3.0, < 3.10.7
Affected: >= 2.2.0, < 2.4.7
Affected: >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.18
Affected: < 1.30.6
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Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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