CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Jan 23, 2024
CVE-2023-7101
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
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
Vulnerability Overview
- Severity
- High
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Unknown
- Published
- Jan 2, 2024
- KEV Added
- Jan 2, 2024
- Due Date
- Jan 23, 2024
- Related Articles
- 0
Vendor
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel
Spreadsheet::ParseExcel