TI-2021-11993 Aliases CVE-2021-32014 GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p

SheetJS and SheetJS Pro through 0.16.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU…

LOW 27CWE-400Published 2021-07-19 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service, Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400 and CWE-345.

Summary

SheetJS and SheetJS Pro through 0.16.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted .xlsx document that is mishandled when read by xlsx.js.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0088 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed xlsx (npm): 0.17.0org.webjars.npm:xlsx (Maven): 0.17.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	xlsx (npm)	before 0.17.0	0.17.0	Patch available	GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p
—	org.webjars.npm:xlsx (Maven)	before 0.17.0	0.17.0	Patch available	GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
xlsx (npm) Vendor— Affected before 0.17.0 Fixed in 0.17.0 Patch available GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p
org.webjars.npm:xlsx (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 0.17.0 Fixed in 0.17.0 Patch available GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sheetjs:sheetjs::::::node.js::*	up to 0.16.9	Vulnerable	Sheetjs
cpe:2.3:a:sheetjs:sheetjs_pro::::::node.js::*	up to 0.16.9	Vulnerable	Sheetjs
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:rest_data_services::::::::	before 21.2.4	Vulnerable	Oracle

cpe:2.3:a:sheetjs:sheetjs:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions up to 0.16.9 Vulnerable ·Sheetjs
cpe:2.3:a:sheetjs:sheetjs_pro:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions up to 0.16.9 Vulnerable ·Sheetjs
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:rest_data_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 21.2.4 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p xlsx (npm) Fixed in 0.17.0 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p org.webjars.npm:xlsx (Maven) Fixed in 0.17.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-32014
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g973-978j-2c3p

References

Patch 1

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

Advisory 4

Other 1

https://floqast.com/engineering-blog/post/fuzzing-and-parsing-securely

Sources

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