CVE-2026-78207
exceljs through 4.4.0 Prototype Pollution via deepMerge Reached From Note Serialization
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: total
Summary
exceljs through 4.4.0 contains a prototype pollution vulnerability in the deepMerge helper that fails to reject proto, constructor, or prototype keys when merging note objects. Attackers can assign parsed JSON with a malicious proto property to cell notes, modifying Object.prototype and affecting all plain objects created in the process.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- exceljs
through 4.4.0