High severity · published Oct 7, 2026
CVE-2026-107223
Excelize: Unbounded <col max> attribute is loaded with no MaxColumns check and expanded per-column by flatCols(), so any column mutator hangs or OOMs the process
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Excelize is a Go language library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. From 2.1.0 to 2.11.0, flatCols expands file-loaded column ranges without validating Min and Max against the worksheet column limit. SetColWidth reaches flatCols, which expands xlsxCol.Min through xlsxCol.Max without enforcing MaxColumns. When a crafted worksheet supplies an oversized col max attribute and the application invokes a column mutator, flatCols performs a deep copy and append for every attacker-selected column number, allowing an attacker to consume excessive CPU and memory or trigger OOM. No fixed version is available as of this review.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
excelize · qax-os
>= 2.1.0, <= 2.11.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107223
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-107223
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-fq3v-74gv-27gm
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/pull/2370
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/commit/a54c578af309fa81f448143ed2b7a91192cc58a7
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