CVE-2026-40902CWE-770

PhpSpreadsheet: CPU Denial of Service via Unbounded Row Number in XLSX Row Dimensions

High · published May 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
40.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Prior to 1.30.4, 2.1.16, 2.4.5, 3.10.5, and 5.7.0, the XLSX reader's ColumnAndRowAttributes::readRowAttributes() method reads row numbers from XML attributes without validating them against the spreadsheet maximum row limit (AddressRange::MAX_ROW = 1,048,576). An attacker can craft a minimal XLSX file (~1.6KB) containing a <row r="999999999"/> element that inflates cachedHighestRow to 999,999,999, causing any subsequent row iteration to attempt ~1 billion loop cycles and exhaust CPU resources. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.30.4, 2.1.16, 2.4.5, 3.10.5, and 5.7.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00486 · 40.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-05-12T22:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 MAY 22:02Z
    PhpSpreadsheet: CPU Denial of Service via Unbounded Row Number in XLSX Row Dimensions
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