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Excelize: GetConditionalFormats indexes conditional-formatting rule sub-elements with no length or nil check

Type: advisorySources: OSV

## Summary `GetConditionalFormats` reads sub-elements of a `` straight out of `xl/worksheets/sheetN.xml` and indexes them without checking length, and in one case without checking for nil. Three rule types are affected: `cellIs`, `dataBar` and `colorScale`. A workbook with a rule that is missing a child a real Excel file would always have panics the call. ## Where it is All three sinks are in `styles.go`, at the same line numbers in v2.11.0 and on master `d552a7e`. All three are reached from `GetConditionalFormats` through `styles.go:3271`. `styles.go:3003`, in `extractCondFmtCellIs`: ```go format.Value = c.Formula[0] ``` The branch above it handles `len(c.Formula) == 2`; this one is the fallback and does not check that there is a formula at all, so a `cellIs` rule with no `` child indexes an empty slice. `styles.go:3132`, in the colorScale extractor: ```go values := len(c.ColorScale.Cfvo) ``` `c.ColorScale` is a `*xlsxColorScale` and is nil when the `` element has no `` child. Lines 3148 and 3153 then index `Cfvo[1]` and `Cfvo[2]` in the three-colour branch with no length check either. `styles.go:3186`, `:3188` and `:3190`, in the dataBar extractor: ```go format.MinType = c.DataBar.Cfvo[0].Type ... format.BarColor = "#" + f.getThemeColor(c.DataBar.Color[0]) ``` The guard here is `c.DataBar != nil`, which says nothing about the length of `Cfvo` or `Color`, so an empty `` element reaches all three. ## Who the attacker is Anyone who can hand a spreadsheet to a service that open

Products
github.com/xuri/excelize/v2
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.11.1-0.20260812075026-be7a16390fa6
CVEs
CVE-2026-107222
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
28 Oct 2026, 08:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Excelize: GetConditionalFormats indexes conditional-formatting rule sub-elements with no length or nil check

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Oct 2026, 20:22 UTC

## Summary `GetConditionalFormats` reads sub-elements of a `` straight out of `xl/worksheets/sheetN.xml` and indexes them without checking length, and in one case without checking for nil. Three rule types are affected: `cellIs`, `dataBar` and `colorScale`. A workbook with a rule that is missing a child a real Excel file would always have panics the call. ## Where it is All three sinks are in `styles.go`, at the same line numbers in v2.11.0 and on master `d552a7e`. All three are reached from `GetConditionalFormats` through `styles.go:3271`. `styles.go:3003`, in `extractCondFmtCellIs`: ```go format.Value = c.Formula[0] ``` The branch above it handles `len(c.Formula) == 2`; this one is the fallback and does not check that there is a formula at all, so a `cellIs` rule with no `` child indexes an empty slice. `styles.go:3132`, in the colorScale extractor: ```go values := len(c.ColorScale.Cfvo) ``` `c.ColorScale` is a `*xlsxColorScale` and is nil when the `` element has no `` child. Lines 3148 and 3153 then index `Cfvo[1]` and `Cfvo[2]` in the three-colour branch with no length check either. `styles.go:3186`, `:3188` and `:3190`, in the dataBar extractor: ```go format.MinType = c.DataBar.Cfvo[0].Type ... format.BarColor = "#" + f.getThemeColor(c.DataBar.Color[0]) ``` The guard here is `c.DataBar != nil`, which says nothing about the length of `Cfvo` or `Color`, so an empty `` element reaches all three. ## Who the attacker is Anyone who can hand a spreadsheet to a service that open

osv:GHSA-rxcj-4pj5-74gr

github.com/xuri/excelize/v2

Fixed versions: 2.11.1-0.20260812075026-be7a16390fa6

Complete source record
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