CVE-2026-110600xlsxio through 0.2.37 NULL Pointer Dereference via Worksheet Relationship Without Id
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
xlsxio through 0.2.37 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in main_sheet_get_sheetfile_expat_callback_element_start() in lib/xlsxio_read.c that allows attackers to crash applications via crafted files. Attackers can supply a .xlsx file whose workbook.xml.rels contains a worksheet Relationship lacking an Id attribute, crashing the process when xlsxioread_sheet_open() is called.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
References tagged exploit2 references
- https://github.com/brechtsanders/xlsxio/issues/151 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/xlsxio-relationship-missing-id-null-deref (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
Timeline
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Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium6.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
- affected ≤ 0.2.37
References
References4
- https://github.com/brechtsanders/xlsxio/issues/151 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingexploit
- https://github.com/brechtsanders/xlsxio/blob/0.2.37/lib/xlsxio_read.c#L851-L866 (opens in a new tab)technical-description
- https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/xlsxio-relationship-missing-id-null-deref (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
- VulnCheck Advisory: xlsxio through 0.2.37 NULL Pointer Dereference via Worksheet Relationship Without Id (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-101228 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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