CVE-2026-79592

NameCVE-2026-79592
DescriptionAn out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the xls_dumpSummary() function of libxls 1.6.3 due to insufficient validation of file-controlled OLE summary offsets.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1147420

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
r-cran-readxl (PTS)bookworm1.4.2-1vulnerable
trixie1.4.5-1vulnerable
forky, sid1.5.0-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
r-cran-readxlsource(unstable)(unfixed)1147420

Notes

[trixie] - r-cran-readxl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/162
https://github.com/libxls/libxls/pull/165/changes/6eed8bc1d51d6649faebab0184b21ab8768d8fa6

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