GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go

GHSA-fx5j-qcqg-grpf Excelize: Negative shared-string index causes panic in GetCellValue and GetRows

MEDIUM Published 2026-09-10 Modified 2026-09-10 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-59162
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/xuri/excelize/v2, github.com/xuri/excelize
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-248, CWE-755
Reviewed
2026-09-10

Affected packages

• Go github.com/xuri/excelize/v2: < 2.11.0 → fixed in 2.11.0 • Go github.com/xuri/excelize: <= 1.4.0 (no fix yet)

Description

Negative shared-string index causes panic in GetCellValue and GetRows Summary Excelize parses shared-string cell values with `strconv.Atoi` and checks only the upper bound before indexing the shared string slice. If an XLSX file contains a shared-string cell with `-1`, the parsed index is negative. The upper-bound check still passes (`len(sharedStrings) > -1`), and Excelize indexes `sharedStrings[-1]`, causing a runtime panic. This was reproduced on the current default branch commit `1213a8bd7c5ab360554603ac5c995ccaf6eb4314` and the latest release tag `v2.10.1` (`5ad5ab3af0054c55bdce09f1530085600e9f2e45`). The issue is independent from the row-bound allocation report, so I am reporting it separately. Affected package • Package: `github.com/xuri/excelize/v2` • Tested affected versions: current default branch at `1213a8bd7c5ab360554603ac5c995ccaf6eb4314`, and release `v2.10.1` • Fixed version: none known at the time of this report Impact An attacker who can provide an XLSX file to an application using Excelize can trigger a process panic when the application reads the malicious cell through common APIs such as `GetCellValue` or `GetRows`. In services that parse untrusted spreadsheets without a panic recovery boundary, this can cause denial of service. Root cause For shared-string cells (`t="s"`), `xlsxC.getValueFrom()` parses the cell value as a shared-string index and only checks whether the index is below `len(d.SI)` before indexing: ```go xlsxSI, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(c.V)) if len(d.SI) > xlsxSI { return d.SI[xlsxSI].String(), nil } ``` For `xlsxSI == -1`, `len(d.SI) > -1` is true, so the code proceeds to index `d.SI[-1]` and panics. Minimal worksheet payload ```xml -1 ``` The workbook also contains a normal `sharedStrings.xml` with one string (`ok`), so the failure is specifically due to accepting a negative index. Reproduction Calling `GetCellValue("Sheet1", "A1")` on the workbook panics: ```text == negative shared string GetCellValue == elapsed=0s alloc_delta=0MB PANIC: runtime.boundsError runtime error: index out of range [-1] ``` Calling `GetRows("Sheet1")` on the same workbook also panics: ```text == negative shared string GetRows == elapsed=0s alloc_delta=0MB PANIC: runtime.boundsError runtime error: index out of range [-1] ``` The same results were observed on current default branch commit `1213a8bd7c5ab360554603ac5c995ccaf6eb4314` and on release `v2.10.1`. Expected behavior Malformed shared-string indices should be rejected or treated as missing/invalid string references without panicking. Suggested remediation Check both lower and upper bounds before indexing the shared string table. For example: ```go if xlsxSI >= 0 && xlsxSI ` value is negative.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-59162 Excelize is a Go language library for reading and writing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-248 Uncaught Exception weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions weakness

References