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Excelize ColumnNameToNumber: int64 overflow yields an out-of-domain coordinate with nil error, causing negative slice index panic on r="0" rows

Type: advisorySources: OSV

### Summary `ColumnNameToNumber` (lib.go:220-237) accumulates the bijective base-26 value of a column name in an int64 with only an upper-bound check (`col > MaxColumns`) applied after the loop and no overflow detection. A 14-letter column name whose true value is 3·2⁶⁴ — e.g. **`VGWQHXLSDVIKWV`** — wraps to `col = 0` and passes the guard, so `CellNameToCoordinates("VGWQHXLSDVIKWV1")` returns `(col=0, row=1, err=nil)`. When normalizing a `r="0"` row, `checkSheetR0` (excelize.go:417-443, called from `checkSheet` at excelize.go:405) runs its `checkRow` closure with `col = 0`: `colIdx := col - 1` becomes **-1**, and `sheetData.Row[rowIdx].C[-1]` (excelize.go:424) raises an unrecovered `panic: runtime error: index out of range [-1]`, killing the host process. ### Details - The row side of the same coordinate gate is enforced (`checkRowNum` at excelize.go:342-350 bounds `r` before the `make([]xlsxRow, row)` allocation; this includes the fix for GHSA-h69g-9hx6-f3v4 / CVE-2026-54063, present in the audited commit). The **column** side is not: `checkSheet`/`lastRowNum`/`checkSheetR0` treat `err == nil` from `CellNameToCoordinates` as proof of an in-domain coordinate (excelize.go:356, :438), which is unsound because of the wrap-around above. - The same unsound gate also feeds `ws.SheetData.Row[rowIdx].C[colNum-1]` in `xlsxWorksheet.checkRow` (rows.go:969): a row combining a valid large column (e.g. `XFD1`) with an overflowed column panics identically. - Reachable from any `workSheetRe

Products
github.com/xuri/excelize, github.com/xuri/excelize/v2
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.11.1-0.20260910071107-696050fbf14e
CVEs
CVE-2026-107217
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 08:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Excelize ColumnNameToNumber: int64 overflow yields an out-of-domain coordinate with nil error, causing negative slice index panic on r="0" rows

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Oct 2026, 20:23 UTC

### Summary `ColumnNameToNumber` (lib.go:220-237) accumulates the bijective base-26 value of a column name in an int64 with only an upper-bound check (`col > MaxColumns`) applied after the loop and no overflow detection. A 14-letter column name whose true value is 3·2⁶⁴ — e.g. **`VGWQHXLSDVIKWV`** — wraps to `col = 0` and passes the guard, so `CellNameToCoordinates("VGWQHXLSDVIKWV1")` returns `(col=0, row=1, err=nil)`. When normalizing a `r="0"` row, `checkSheetR0` (excelize.go:417-443, called from `checkSheet` at excelize.go:405) runs its `checkRow` closure with `col = 0`: `colIdx := col - 1` becomes **-1**, and `sheetData.Row[rowIdx].C[-1]` (excelize.go:424) raises an unrecovered `panic: runtime error: index out of range [-1]`, killing the host process. ### Details - The row side of the same coordinate gate is enforced (`checkRowNum` at excelize.go:342-350 bounds `r` before the `make([]xlsxRow, row)` allocation; this includes the fix for GHSA-h69g-9hx6-f3v4 / CVE-2026-54063, present in the audited commit). The **column** side is not: `checkSheet`/`lastRowNum`/`checkSheetR0` treat `err == nil` from `CellNameToCoordinates` as proof of an in-domain coordinate (excelize.go:356, :438), which is unsound because of the wrap-around above. - The same unsound gate also feeds `ws.SheetData.Row[rowIdx].C[colNum-1]` in `xlsxWorksheet.checkRow` (rows.go:969): a row combining a valid large column (e.g. `XFD1`) with an overflowed column panics identically. - Reachable from any `workSheetRe

osv:GHSA-c85p-xxjj-2r75

github.com/xuri/excelize/v2

Fixed versions: 2.11.1-0.20260910071107-696050fbf14e

github.com/xuri/excelize

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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