CVE-2026-78208 (GCVE-0-2026-78208)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-24 00:30
Modified
2026-08-29 11:47
Severity ?
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
Summary
exceljs through 4.4.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Workbook.addImage() function that fails to validate file paths. Attackers can supply arbitrary file paths to read any file accessible to the Node.js process and embed it in the generated workbook.
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Impacted products
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exceljs exceljs Version: 0   ≤ 4.4.0
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