CVE-2026-79591 :: Enginsight Vulnerability Database

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	7.8 HIGH	LOCAL	LOW	NONE	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Awaiting analysis

This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 6.49%

Debian Releases

Debian Product

Codename

r-cran-readxl

bookworm	postponed
forky	vulnerable
sid	1.6.0-1 fixed
trixie	no-dsa

Ubuntu Releases

Ubuntu Product

Codename

r-cran-readxl

bionic	needs-triage
focal	needs-triage
jammy	needs-triage
noble	needs-triage
resolute	needs-triage
xenial	needs-triage

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

References

https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/161

https://github.com/libxls/libxls/pull/164/changes/902c8f9b13710c3a13b6232fb86626c5c729402c

https://github.com/libxls/libxls/issues/161