ExcelJS through 4.4.0 contains a resource leak vulnerability in the streaming WorkbookReader.parse that leaves temporary files and open descriptors when sheet parsing fails or iteration stops early. Attackers can repeatedly upload malformed multi-sheet workbooks with worksheets placed before xl/sharedStrings.xml to fill the temporary directory and exhaust file descriptors.
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