Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-2703
A weakness has been identified in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. Impacted is the function xlnt::detail::decode_base64 of the file source/detail/cryptography/base64.cpp of the component Encrypted XLSX File Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to off-by-one. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called f2d7bf494e5c52706843cf7eb9892821bffb0734. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 11.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 3.3
CVSS v2 Score 1.7
References
- https://github.com/oneafter/0128/blob/main/xl1/repro
- https://github.com/xlnt-community/xlnt/
- https://github.com/xlnt-community/xlnt/commit/f2d7bf494e5c52706843cf7eb9892821bffb0734
- https://github.com/xlnt-community/xlnt/issues/137
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346649
- https://vuldb.com/?id.346649
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.754377
Products affected by CVE-2026-2703
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:0.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:0.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:0.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:1.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:1.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:1.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:1.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:1.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:1.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xlnt-community:xlnt:1.6.1