High severity · published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2026-108358
PhpSpreadsheet: XmlScanner Bypass via ISO-2022 Escape Sequences Allows XXE and Denial of Service
New
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Prior to 1.30.7, 2.1.19, 2.4.8, 3.10.8, and 5.10.0, XmlScanner::scan in src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Security/XmlScanner.php uses a DOCTYPE detection pattern that accounts for NUL-byte interleaving but not ISO-2022 escape sequences in XLSX XML parts. The escape sequences prevent the scanner from matching the declaration, and XML charset normalization then removes the escape bytes before parsing, exposing a valid DOCTYPE and entity definitions. Processing an attacker-controlled XLSX can therefore cause entity-expansion denial of service on supported PHP versions and can permit local file access or SSRF on PHP before 8.0 or when LIBXML_NOENT is enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.7, 2.1.19, 2.4.8, 3.10.8, and 5.10.0.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PhpSpreadsheet · PHPOffice
< 1.30.7; >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.19; >= 2.2.0, < 2.4.8; >= 3.3.0, < 3.10.8; >= 4.0.0, < 5.10.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-108358
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-108358
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/299993894dce37aa3b64aa23e9a3f4bb77ab0e66
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/89f455c133e1a7e2d4abfadc43ce29eb7450d781
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/980b5c294493856f1a25754f1e8a1d2185b93738
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/9a0b48622ebfe93fa48cb9bc09ce57303bb07af9
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/da13f40e8760d599b0e8a296017d4b028b20e86c
github.com
https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/1.30.7
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