CVE-2026-59161

Excelize is a Go language library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Prior to 2.11.0, the streaming worksheet reader used by Rows and GetRows does not enforce the TotalRows limit on the row r attribute, allowing a small XLSX file with a row number above 1048576 and no cell coordinate to make GetRows append empty rows up to the attacker-controlled index and consume excessive memory and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 2.11.0.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/commit/93f0b3caed37f21ef5079e3259c6c21dcfe68453	Patch
https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/pull/2331	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/releases/tag/v2.11.0	Release Notes
https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-q5j5-6p94-4gwc	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-q5j5-6p94-4gwc	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:excelize:excelize:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-10 17:17

Updated : 2026-07-16 14:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-59161

Mitre link : CVE-2026-59161

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-59161

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Products Affected

excelize

excelize

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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