CVE-2026-2703

medium

Description

A weakness has been identified in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. Impacted is the function xlnt::detail::decode_base64 of the file source/detail/cryptography/base64.cpp of the component Encrypted XLSX File Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to off-by-one. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is called f2d7bf494e5c52706843cf7eb9892821bffb0734. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

References

https://vuldb.com/?submit.754377

https://vuldb.com/?id.346649

https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.346649

https://github.com/xlnt-community/xlnt/issues/137

https://github.com/xlnt-community/xlnt/commit/f2d7bf494e5c52706843cf7eb9892821bffb0734

https://github.com/xlnt-community/xlnt/

https://github.com/oneafter/0128/blob/main/xl1/repro

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-19

Updated: 2026-02-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.7

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.3

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00013