JLSEC-2026-1299

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Source
https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/blob/main/advisories/published/2026/JLSEC-2026-1299.md
Import Source
https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/tree/generated/osv/2026/JLSEC-2026-1299.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/JLSEC-2026-1299
Upstream
Published
2026-08-13T10:57:26.913Z
Modified
2026-08-13T11:00:03.423078174Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libxlsv.1.6.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service via a crafted XLS file to the get_string function in xlstool.c:395.

Database specific 
{
    "sources": [
        {
            "imported": "2026-08-12T16:06:13.477Z",
            "id": "CVE-2023-38855",
            "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2023-38855",
            "html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38855",
            "modified": "2026-06-17T06:11:12.197Z",
            "database_specific": {
                "status": "Modified"
            },
            "published": "2023-08-15T17:15:11.153Z"
        }
    ],
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
}
References

Affected packages

Julia / libxls_jll

Package

Name
libxls_jll
Purl
pkg:julia/libxls_jll?uuid=86717fa1-76ed-5f2d-aba0-009d7207923f

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.6.2+0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/tree/generated/osv/2026/JLSEC-2026-1299.json"