CVE-2026-59932

HIGH

PhpSpreadsheet: Gnumeric reader unbounded gzip expansion causes memory exhaustion

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

PhpSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. In versions 4.0.0 through 5.8.0, 3.3.0 through 3.10.6, 2.2.0 through 2.4.6, 2.0.0 through 2.1.17, and all releases up to and including 1.30.5, the Gnumeric reader reads attacker-supplied .gnumeric files into memory and, when the file starts with gzip magic bytes, calls gzdecode() on the full compressed contents without enforcing a decompressed-size limit. A very small compressed .gnumeric file can expand to data larger than the PHP memory limit and crash the process during Gnumeric::canRead() before the file is rejected or fully parsed. This is reachable through normal file-type detection and Gnumeric loading paths, so applications that accept attacker-controlled spreadsheet uploads can suffer denial of service. This issue has been fixed in versions 5.8.1, 3.10.7, 2.4.7, 2.1.18 and 1.30.6.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0069
EPSS Percentile 49.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-409
Status published
Products (5)
PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet < 1.30.6
PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet >= 2.0.0, < 2.1.18
PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet >= 2.2.0, < 2.4.7
PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet >= 3.3.0, < 3.10.7
PHPOffice/PhpSpreadsheet >= 4.0.0, < 5.8.1
Published Jul 28, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 29, 2026