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CVE-2026-128338
Published:November 13, 2026
Updated:November 13, 2026
exceljs through 4.4.0 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability that allows attackers to crash applications by supplying a worksheet col element with an unbounded max attribute. Attackers can craft a small workbook with a huge max value, causing xlsx.load() to allocate hundreds of millions of Column objects and abort the process with an uncatchable heap out-of-memory error.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/mateocallec/exceljs-hardened.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v5.0.0 <v5.1.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v5.1.0
exceljs-hardened (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=5.0.0 <5.1.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 5.1.0
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling