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Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-3665xlnt-community xlnt XLSX File xlsx_consumer.cpp read_office_document null pointer dereference

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity null pointer dereference in xlnt from xlnt-community. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was identified in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. The affected element is the function xlnt::detail::xlsx_consumer::read_office_document of the file source/detail/serialization/xlsx_consumer.cpp of the component XLSX File Parser. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
xlnt-community xlnt 1.6.01.6.1

Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

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