CVE-2023-7101

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-01-02. Federal remediation due 2024-01-23.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

18.95% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-12-24 21:34Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-12-24

Assigning CNA

Mandiant

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-95Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')Variant
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d735a106c9f6443e79741fc2bf7da5f4c2e60f31b89458c6e3506174d6616d29

• github.comhttps://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2023/MNDT-2023-0019.md
• httpshttps://https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7101
• httpshttps://https://metacpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel
• httpshttps://https://github.com/haile01/perl_spreadsheet_excel_rce_poc
• github.comhttps://github.com/jmcnamara/spreadsheet-parseexcel/blob/c7298592e102a375d43150cd002feed806557c15/lib/Spreadsheet/ParseExcel/Utility.pm#L171
• www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/29/4
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00025.html
• httpshttps://https://github.com/jmcnamara/spreadsheet-parseexcel/commit/bd3159277e745468e2c553417b35d5d7dc7405bc
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IFEHKULQRVXHIV7XXK2RGD4VQN6Y4CV5/
• lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2FIWDHRYTAAQLGM6AFOZVM7AFZ4H2ZR/
• security.metacpan.orghttps://security.metacpan.org/2024/02/10/vulnerable-spreadsheet-parsing-modules.html
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-7101government-resource