Description
ExcelJS through 4.4.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in slideFormula in lib/utils/shared-formula.js when translating shared formulas to child cells. Attackers can supply a crafted spreadsheet with very long master formulas, such as runs of hyphens, causing quadratic regex backtracking that blocks the Node.js event loop.
Published: 2026-11-13
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:45:00 +0000

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Description ExcelJS through 4.4.0 contains a regular expression denial of service vulnerability in slideFormula in lib/utils/shared-formula.js when translating shared formulas to child cells. Attackers can supply a crafted spreadsheet with very long master formulas, such as runs of hyphens, causing quadratic regex backtracking that blocks the Node.js event loop.
Title ExcelJS through 4.4.0 ReDoS via slideFormula Shared Formula Translation
First Time appeared Exceljs Project
Exceljs Project exceljs
Weaknesses CWE-1333
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:exceljs_project:exceljs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Exceljs Project
Exceljs Project exceljs
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Exceljs Project Exceljs
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-13T09:33:32.358Z

Reserved: 2026-11-13T01:20:42.856Z

Link: CVE-2026-128345

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-13T10:18:15.127

Modified: 2026-11-13T10:18:15.127

Link: CVE-2026-128345

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