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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2026-108358 json

PhpSpreadsheet: XmlScanner Bypass via ISO-2022 Escape Sequences Allows XXE and Denial of Service

published 2026-10-22 17 d ago modified 2026-10-27 13 d ago also EUVD-2026-108265 , GHSA-3x94-m842-937c

cvss
8.8
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. Prior to 1.30.7, 2.1.19, 2.4.8, 3.10.8, and 5.10.0, XmlScanner::scan in src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Security/XmlScanner.php uses a DOCTYPE detection pattern that accounts for NUL-byte interleaving but not ISO-2022 escape sequences in XLSX XML parts. The escape sequences prevent the scanner from matching the declaration, and XML charset normalization then removes the escape bytes before parsing, exposing a valid DOCTYPE and entity definitions. Processing an attacker-controlled XLSX can therefore cause entity-expansion denial of service on supported PHP versions and can permit local file access or SSRF on PHP before 8.0 or when LIBXML_NOENT is enabled. This issue is fixed in versions 1.30.7, 2.1.19, 2.4.8, 3.10.8, and 5.10.0.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpoffice/phpspreadsheet 1.30.7, 2.1.19, 2.4.8, 3.10.8, 5.10.0
  • phpoffice phpspreadsheet 1.30.7, 2.1.19, 2.4.8, 3.10.8, 5.10.0
  • phpspreadsheet_project phpspreadsheet 1.30.7, 2.1.19, 2.4.8, 3.10.8, 5.10.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
16 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
CNA 4.0 8.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpoffice/phpspreadsheet
>=4.0.0, <5.10.0
>=3.3.0, <3.10.8
>=2.2.0, <2.4.8
>=2.0.0, <2.1.19
<1.30.7
5.10.0
3.10.8
2.4.8
2.1.19
1.30.7

Affected products

  • PHPOffice PhpSpreadsheet

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
  • CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.