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TI-2023-06496 Aliases CVE-2023-7101GHSA-3c85-mx4x-435c

Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) Vulnerability

Priority CRITICAL 93Exploited in the wildCWE-95Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-95.

Summary

Spreadsheet::ParseExcel version 0.65 is a Perl module used for parsing Excel files. Spreadsheet::ParseExcel is vulnerable to an arbitrary code execution (ACE) vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings (not to be confused with printf-style format strings) within the Excel parsing logic.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2024-01-02CISA due date 2024-01-23
EPSS 0.18959 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Douglas WilsonSpreadsheet::ParseExcel0.65 and later—No fix listedCNA
  • Spreadsheet::ParseExcel VendorDouglas Wilson Affected 0.65 and later Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:jmcnamara:spreadsheet\:\:parseexcel:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* parseexcelVulnerableJmcnamara
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*38VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*39VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:jmcnamara:spreadsheet\:\:parseexcel:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* Versions parseexcel Vulnerable ·Jmcnamara
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 38 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 39 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2024-01-02 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-7101
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3c85-mx4x-435c

References

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 5

Sources

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