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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-40863 EUVD-2026-29851GHSA-84wq-86v6-x5j6

PhpSpreadsheet: CPU Denial of Service via Unbounded Row Index in SpreadsheetML XML Reader

Published May 12, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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 SpreadsheetML XML reader (Reader\Xml) does not validate the ss:Index row attribute against the maximum allowed row count (AddressRange::MAX_ROW = 1,048,576). An attacker can craft a SpreadsheetML XML file with ss:Index="999999999" on a <Row> element, which inflates the internal cachedHighestRow to ~1 billion. Any subsequent call to getRowIterator() without an explicit end row will attempt to iterate ~1 billion rows, causing CPU exhaustion and denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.30.4, 2.1.16, 2.4.5, 3.10.5, and 5.7.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet < 1.30.4, >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.16, >= 2.2.0, < 2.4.5, >= 3.3.0, < 3.10.5, >= 4.0.0, < 5.7.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist phpoffice/phpspreadsheet >= 4.0.0, < 5.7.0 5.7.0 GHSA-84wq-86v6-x5j6
Packagist phpoffice/phpspreadsheet >= 3.3.0, < 3.10.5 3.10.5 GHSA-84wq-86v6-x5j6
Packagist phpoffice/phpspreadsheet >= 2.2.0, < 2.4.5 2.4.5 GHSA-84wq-86v6-x5j6
Packagist phpoffice/phpspreadsheet >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.16 2.1.16 GHSA-84wq-86v6-x5j6
Packagist phpoffice/phpspreadsheet < 1.30.6 1.30.6 GHSA-84wq-86v6-x5j6

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