Debian/r-cran-readxl: medium 5.3
A use-of-uninitialized memory vulnerability exists in libxls 1.6.3 when parsing malformed XLS files. The issue is reachable via xls_parseWorkBook() and is triggered by uninitialized heap memory origin
Action: Upgrade r-cran-readxl to 1.6.0-1 or later.
Affected
| introduced | fixed | last affected |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.6.0-1 | - |
Fixed versions
| 1.6.0-1 |
Sources
- osv: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26825#Debian:14/r-cran-readxl
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-26825
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