A vulnerability was determined in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. Impacted is the function xlnt::detail::compound_document::read_directory of the file source/detail/cryptography/compound_document.cpp of the component Encrypted XLSX File Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 147. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
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Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:45:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was determined in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. Impacted is the function xlnt::detail::compound_document::read_directory of the file source/detail/cryptography/compound_document.cpp of the component Encrypted XLSX File Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. This patch is called 147. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.
Title xlnt-community xlnt Encrypted XLSX File compound_document.cpp read_directory out-of-bounds
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-125
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-07T14:32:12.856Z

Reserved: 2026-03-06T20:34:45.441Z

Link: CVE-2026-3664

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-07T15:15:56.240

Modified: 2026-03-07T15:15:56.240

Link: CVE-2026-3664

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