CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-78207
9.3 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-08-24
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.4 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1321
Description
exceljs through 4.4.0 contains a prototype pollution vulnerability in the deepMerge helper that fails to reject __proto__, constructor, or prototype keys when merging note objects. Attackers can assign parsed JSON with a malicious __proto__ property to cell notes, modifying Object.prototype and affecting all plain objects created in the process.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1321 Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes weakness
References
- https://github.com/exceljs/exceljs github.com
- https://github.com/exceljs/exceljs/blob/v4.4.0/lib/utils/under-dash.js#L155-L181 github.com
- https://github.com/mateocallec/exceljs-hardened/security/advisories/GHSA-qwr4-7h29-chpf github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/exceljs-through-prototype-pollution-via-deepmerge-reached-from-note-serialization www.vulncheck.com