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CVE-2026-40902

27
FAUCET Score

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 XLSX reader's ColumnAndRowAttributes::readRowAttributes() method reads row numbers from XML attributes without validating them against the spreadsheet maximum row limit (AddressRange::MAX_ROW = 1,048,576). An attacker can craft a minimal XLSX file (~1.6KB) containing a <row r="999999999"/> element that inflates cachedHighestRow to 999,999,999, causing any subsequent row iteration to attempt ~1 billion loop cycles and exhaust CPU resources. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.30.4, 2.1.16, 2.4.5, 3.10.5, and 5.7.0.

First published: May 12, 2026Last modified: May 12, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.30.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.2.0, < 2.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3.0, < 3.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 5.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpoffice:phpspreadsheet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 12th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (6)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 5.7.0
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 3.10.5
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 2.4.5
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 2.1.16
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpoffice/phpspreadsheetFixed in: 1.30.4
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-7c6m-4442-2x6mhigh

PhpSpreadsheet has CPU Denial of Service via Unbounded Row Number in XLSX Row Dimensions

Apr 29, 2026

References

github.com / PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-7c6m-4442-2x6m
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory