CVE-2026-108357

high

Description

PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. From 3.3.0 until 3.10.8 and 5.10.0, Reader\Xml passes stored SpreadsheetML XML through XmlScanner::scan in Xml::canRead and Xml::trySimpleXMLLoadStringPrivate, while Xml::unentity decodes numeric entities only after each DOCTYPE pattern check. A double-encoded less-than character is reduced by the first callback to another encoded character and by the second callback to a literal less-than sign, so SimpleXML receives an unchecked DOCTYPE and entity declaration. Processing attacker-controlled SpreadsheetML XML can cause entity-expansion denial of service 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 3.10.8 and 5.10.0.

References

https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/security/advisories/GHSA-rxj4-h86g-25gc

https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/5.10.0

https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/releases/tag/3.10.8

https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/980b5c294493856f1a25754f1e8a1d2185b93738

https://github.com/PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet/commit/89f455c133e1a7e2d4abfadc43ce29eb7450d781

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-108242

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-22

Updated: 2026-10-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: 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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00285