{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Spreadsheet::XLSX versions before 0.19 for Perl allow code execution via string eval of number format conditions in ExcelFmt.\n\nWhen a number format has a condition such as [>100], ExcelFmt chooses the format section by passing the condition and the cell value to a string eval. Both come from the workbook, and the eval runs while Spreadsheet::XLSX->new parses it.\n\nAn attacker who supplies an XLSX file can run arbitrary Perl code.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Spreadsheet-XLSX-2026-115943 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-spreadsheet-xlsx-2026-115943.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/ASB/Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.19/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/ASB/Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.19/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/30/3", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/30/3" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-115943 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115943" } ], "title": "Spreadsheet-XLSX vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-10-29T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Spreadsheet-XLSX-2026-115943", "initial_release_date": "2026-10-29T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-10-29T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<0.19", "product": { "name": "Spreadsheet-XLSX less than 0.19", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Spreadsheet-XLSX" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=0.19", "product": { "name": "Spreadsheet-XLSX greater than or equal 0.19", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Spreadsheet-XLSX" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Spreadsheet-XLSX" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-115943", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-95", "name": "Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "Spreadsheet::XLSX versions before 0.19 for Perl allow code execution via string eval of number format conditions in ExcelFmt.\n\nWhen a number format has a condition such as [>100], ExcelFmt chooses the format section by passing the condition and the cell value to a string eval. Both come from the workbook, and the eval runs while Spreadsheet::XLSX->new parses it.\n\nAn attacker who supplies an XLSX file can run arbitrary Perl code.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } } ] }