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.
{
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1321"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/78xxx/CVE-2026-78207.json"
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "4.4.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.4.0"
}
],
"source": [
"AFFECTED_FIELD",
"DESCRIPTION"
]
}