CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2026-3463 — A weakness has been identified in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1
A weakness has been identified in xlnt-community xlnt up to 1.6.1. Impacted is the function xlnt::detail::binary_writer::append of the file source/detail/binary.hpp of the component Compound Document Parser. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Patch name: 147. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.8 (3.1)
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119, CWE-122
Affected products
- xlnt-community / xlnt
Matched remediation archetype
Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption
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Check exposure
- Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
- Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
- Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.
Remediate safely
- Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
- Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
- Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.
Authoritative sources
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