Excelize is a Go language library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. From 2.3.1 to 2.11.0, agile decryption accepts an attacker-controlled spinCount and performs that many password-key derivation iterations before verifier validation. OpenFile reaches agileDecrypt, which passes the unbounded spinCount to convertPasswdToKey before password verification. When a crafted OLE encrypted-workbook header supplies an excessive spinCount and the file is opened, the key-derivation loop performs unbounded attacker-selected work and cannot be cancelled, allowing an attacker to consume a CPU core for an attacker-controlled duration. No fixed version is available as of this review.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 3
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/commit/2badfcd5841d0d88b0ffea119f5a2f3c53b4910b Patch
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/pull/2389 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-jrfj-fhj2-jjvm Exploit, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · excelizeNVD modified 2026-10-13 14:23
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:excelize:excelize:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
References 3
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/commit/2badfcd5841d0d88b0ffea119f5a2f3c53b4910b Patch
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/pull/2389 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-jrfj-fhj2-jjvm Exploit, Vendor Advisory