CVEPublished 2026-08-24Modified 2026-08-311 article on news4 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-78207

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
9.4
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS percentile
37
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 63% of all CVEs
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.

Timeline
Published 2026-08-24
Modified 2026-08-31

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Known PoCs on GitHub

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