CVE-2026-107214: Excelize Decrypt: unrecoverable panics on malformed OLE/CFB encrypted workbooks
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
- Fixed version: github.com/xuri/excelize/v2 (Go) 2.11.1-0.20260915055537-22f76f9acb94.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to github.com/xuri/excelize/v2 (Go) 2.11.1-0.20260915055537-22f76f9acb94 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Excelize is a Go language library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. From 2.3.1 to 2.11.0, the decryption dispatch performs insufficient structural and parameter validation before standard and agile decryptors slice, index, allocate, and divide using attacker-controlled values. Decrypt passes attacker-controlled EncryptionInfo and EncryptedPackage data into standardDecrypt or agileDecrypt before validating the structures used by those routines. When a malformed OLE compound file with a version-valid EncryptionInfo stream is opened or passed to Decrypt, nine malformed-input classes reach unrecovered Go runtime panics instead of the documented error path, allowing an attacker to terminate the calling process. No fixed version is available as of this review.
- Published
- Oct 7, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 15th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-248
Report tools
Action score
30
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- proof of concept
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 7.5
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- A fix has been released
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| excelize | excelize | cpe:2.3:a:excelize:excelize |
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
qax-os excelize
- >= 2.3.1, <= 2.11.0affected
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- excelize excelize2.3.1 and later · up to 2.11.0 inclusive
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/360EntSecGroup-Skylar/excelize/v2 | from 2.3.1 | — |
| Go | github.com/xuri/excelize/v2 | from 2.3.1 · before 2.11.1-0.20260915055537-22f76f9acb94 | 2.11.1-0.20260915055537-22f76f9acb94 |
| Go | github.com/xuri/excelize/v2 | before 2.11.1-0.20260915055537-22f76f9acb94 | 2.11.1-0.20260915055537-22f76f9acb94 |
Same product
excelize: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-107213Excelize: Nil-pointer dereference in GetSlicers when a worksheet has extLst present but no drawing element34Monitor
- CVE-2026-107211Excelize: Unchecked pivot-cache field index in extractPivotTableFields causes unrecoverable panic34Monitor
- CVE-2026-59161Excelize: Streaming GetRows row-bound bypass causes attacker-controlled allocation34Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-59162Jul 10, 2026 · Excelize: Negative shared-string index causes panic in GetCellValue and GetRows27Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-107212Oct 7, 2026 · Excelize: Unbounded row number in Rows.Columns makes GetRows and the Rows iterator loop for days30Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-107215Oct 7, 2026 · Excelize: extractPart allocates attacker-controlled, unbounded and negative-sized buffers from CFB directory entries: remote panic / OOM…30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Go:github.com/xuri/excelize/v2 | 2.11.1-0.20260915055537-22f76f9acb94 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- Fix recorded+1 d
- TodayNov 13, 2026+37 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-5916289 days apartExcelize: Negative shared-string index causes panic in GetCellValue and GetRows27Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: researcher credit · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-248 · Uncaught ExceptionCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
- SSVC exploitation— → poc
- Exploit maturity— → none
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.