CVE-2022-23640

CRITICAL

Excel Streaming Reader < 2.1.0 - XXE

Title source: rule

Description

Excel-Streaming-Reader is an easy-to-use implementation of a streaming Excel reader using Apache POI. Prior to xlsx-streamer 2.1.0, the XML parser that was used did apply all the necessary settings to prevent XML Entity Expansion issues. Upgrade to version 2.1.0 to receive a patch. There is no known workaround.

References (2)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader/security/advisories/GHSA-xvm2-9xvc-hx7f

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/monitorjbl/excel-streaming-reader/commit/0749c7b9709db078ccdeada16d46a34bc2910c73

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0035

EPSS Percentile 57.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-611 CWE-776

Status published

Products (2)

com.monitorjbl/xlsx-streamer 0 - 2.1.0Maven

excel_streaming_reader_project/excel_streaming_reader < 2.1.0

Published Mar 02, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026