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      "slug": "spreadsheet-parseexcel-cve-2023-7101",
      "title": "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel Remote Code Execution",
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      "summary": "Spreadsheet::ParseExcel contains a remote code execution vulnerability due to passing unvalidated input from a file into a string-type “eval”. Specifically, the issue stems from the evaluation of Number format strings within the Excel parsing logic. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-01-02. CVE-2023-7101 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.",
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