CISA KEV entry
CVE-2023-7101Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Spreadsheet::ParseExcel. Added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2 January 2024.
Data status: a source is stale
Last synced CISA catalogue version 2026.11.04 (released 4 November 2026) 1,768 entries Updated manually
- Date added
- 2024-01-02
- Federal due date
- 2024-01-23 21 days after it was added; passed at the sync of 2026-11-05
- Known ransomware use
- Unknown
- Forensic triage (BOD 26-04)
- No
- CVSS
- 7.8 High CVSS 3.1, scored by nvd@nist.gov
- EPSS
- 18.95% percentile 97.3, scored 2026-11-04
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total
- NVD status
- Analyzed published 2023-12-24, 9 days before the KEV listing
BOD 26-04 remediation window
With CISA's SSVC answers for this CVE (automatable: no, technical impact: total), BOD 26-04 Table 1 gives 3 days and forensic triage on a publicly exposed asset (row 3) and 14 days on an asset that is not publicly exposed (row 11) S06. The catalogue due date, 21 days after the date added, was set before BOD 26-04 took effect on 10 June 2026 S06. The directive binds US federal civilian executive branch agencies only.
What CISA says
Short description
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings within the Excel parsing logic.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. Please check with specific vendors for information on patching status. For more information, please see: https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel and Barracuda's specific implementation and fix for their downstream issue CVE-2023-7102 at https://www.barracuda.com/company/legal/esg-vulnerability; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7101
CWE in the catalogue
CWE-95
Official links
- CISA KEV catalogue entry cisa.gov
- NVD record nvd.nist.gov
Vendor advisory and patch links
References NVD tags Vendor Advisory or Patch, exactly as NVD lists them.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/29/4 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://https://github.com/jmcnamara/spreadsheet-parseexcel/commit/bd3159277e745468e2c553417b35d5d7dc7405bc Broken Link, Patch; NVD marks this link broken
Links in CISA's notes
NVD details
- CWE (NVD)
- CWE-95 by mandiant-cve@google.com, CWE-94 by nvd@nist.gov
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- CVSS versions in NVD
- V31
- Last modified in NVD
- 2026-06-17T06:52:04.040
Where each value comes from
| Field | Source | Fetched, UTC | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue fields | CISA KEV JSON, version 2026.11.04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| NVD published, status, CVSS, CWE, vendor links | NVD CVE API 2.0; CVSS: NVD (nvd@nist.gov) | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current at 2026-11-05 11:38 |
| EPSS | FIRST EPSS API, scores of 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-05 11:38 | current |
| CISA SSVC | CISA ADP (via NVD), record of 2025-08-20 | 2026-11-03 12:37 | current |
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