CVE-2026-40863 (GCVE-0-2026-40863)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 22:04 – Updated: 2026-05-13 15:03
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Title
PhpSpreadsheet: CPU Denial of Service via Unbounded Row Index in SpreadsheetML XML Reader
Summary
PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Prior to 1.30.4, 2.1.16, 2.4.5, 3.10.5, and 5.7.0, the SpreadsheetML XML reader (Reader\Xml) does not validate the ss:Index row attribute against the maximum allowed row count (AddressRange::MAX_ROW = 1,048,576). An attacker can craft a SpreadsheetML XML file with ss:Index="999999999" on a <Row> element, which inflates the internal cachedHighestRow to ~1 billion. Any subsequent call to getRowIterator() without an explicit end row will attempt to iterate ~1 billion rows, causing CPU exhaustion and denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.30.4, 2.1.16, 2.4.5, 3.10.5, and 5.7.0.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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Vendor Product Version
PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet Affected: < 1.30.4
Affected: >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.16
Affected: >= 2.2.0, < 2.4.5
Affected: >= 3.3.0, < 3.10.5
Affected: >= 4.0.0, < 5.7.0
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