Excelize is a Go language library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. From 2.7.1 to 2.11.0, mergeCellsParser leaves the cached rectangle empty for an empty mergeCell ref and then passes that empty slice to cellInRange without a length check. GetCellValue reaches mergeCellsParser, which passes an empty rectangle derived from the mergeCell ref attribute into cellInRange. When a crafted worksheet contains an empty mergeCell ref and a non-streaming cell API reads the worksheet, cellInRange indexes four positions in an empty slice, allowing an attacker to panic on the first affected cell operation. No fixed version is available as of this review.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/commit/99903a3240e58a47ff28fb8e05a03bd9d496ec24 Patch
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/pull/2379 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-g27h-8qhm-6pff Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-g27h-8qhm-6pff Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.5 · excelizeNVD modified 2026-10-13 14:23
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:excelize:excelize:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
References 4
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/commit/99903a3240e58a47ff28fb8e05a03bd9d496ec24 Patch
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/pull/2379 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-g27h-8qhm-6pff Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/qax-os/excelize/security/advisories/GHSA-g27h-8qhm-6pff Exploit, Vendor Advisory