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Bound synthesized rows in OpenXml queries - #1016

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Summary

  • validate worksheet row and cell references against Excel's XFD1048576 limits before filling missing rows
  • reject invalid integer coordinates passed to QueryRange
  • add a configurable MaxSynthesizedCells budget, defaulting to 100,000, to prevent sparse worksheets from amplifying into excessive allocations
  • cover crafted row indices, oversized dimensions, maximum valid coordinates, and synchronous/asynchronous query paths

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This prevents a crafted worksheet row index or sparse worksheet dimension from causing MiniExcel to synthesize an excessive number of empty row objects and cells during Query enumeration.

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dotnet test tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests.csproj -p:TargetFrameworks=net8.0 --framework net8.0

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Worksheet queries now enforce Excel’s maximum row and column limits. Invalid, malformed, or out-of-range worksheet coordinates are rejected, while valid coordinates up to the worksheet limits remain supported.
    • Queries that include empty rows are limited to synthesizing 100,000 cells by default. If the configured limit is exceeded, the query returns an error.
    • The synthesized-cell limit can be adjusted or disabled.

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The changes add Excel worksheet coordinate limits to cell-reference parsing and OpenXML queries. They also add a configurable limit on cells synthesized for implicit empty rows and tests for coordinate validation and limit enforcement.

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Worksheet coordinate and synthesis limits

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate worksheet coordinates
src/MiniExcel.Core/Helpers/CellReferenceConverter.cs, src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Reader/OpenXmlReader.cs, tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests/Issues/*, tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests/Utils/SheetHelper.cs
Cell references, query ranges, worksheet row attributes, and cell references read from worksheets are checked against Excel’s maximum row and column bounds. Tests cover maximum valid coordinates and out-of-range values.
Limit synthesized empty-row cells
src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/OpenXmlConfiguration.cs, src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Reader/OpenXmlReader.cs, tests/MiniExcel.OpenXml.Tests/Issues/MiniExcelGithubIssuesTests.cs
MaxSynthesizedCells defaults to 100_000 and can be set to null to disable the limit. When empty rows are included, the reader estimates cells in row gaps and throws InvalidDataException if the configured limit is exceeded.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: michelebastione

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 22f60

Malformed worksheets can return a value under the wrong column or exceed the configured cell-synthesis limit. Address both paths before merging.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5365a

The new defaults reduce the risk of excessive allocations from sparse worksheets, but the limit covers implicit empty rows rather than every empty row a workbook can contain. Existing callers may also need to account for newly rejected inputs.

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No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — A crafted workbook processed through public XLSX query routes can influence worksheet coordinates and row gaps. The new default bounds allocations from implicit gaps within each enumeration; exposure depends on the caller's workbook trust and configuration.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The reader validates integer range inputs and worksheet row attributes before enumerating them. A caller-supplied null synthesis limit explicitly turns off the implicit-gap budget; whether untrusted users can control that configuration is not established.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The implicit-gap estimate uses the same expected-row boundary as gap emission, and bounded worksheet coordinates keep that estimate within the cumulative counter's range for ordinary ascending rows.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — For deployments that process untrusted workbooks, consider a separate total materialized-row or cell limit covering explicit empty rows as well as implicit gaps; this would broaden the documented guarantee rather than repair a demonstrated PR regression.
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@michelebastione good day, this's critical issue, could you please to review?

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In `@src/MiniExcel.Core/Helpers/CellReferenceConverter.cs`:
- Around line 97-98: Update the reader paths that call TryParseCellReference so
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- Added check to `ReadCellAndSetColumnIndexAsync` to throw an exception when the column number exceeds the Excel column limit
- Made a few small formatting changes for readability purposes

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In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Reader/OpenXmlReader.cs`:
- Around line 261-271: Update the synthesized-cell accounting in the
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🟡 Minor · Count non-self-closing empty rows before allocating their synthesized… · OpenXmlReader.cs:261-273

src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Reader/OpenXmlReader.cs:261-273
🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Count non-self-closing empty rows before allocating their synthesized cells.

ReadFirstContentAsync returns true for <row ...></row>, but QueryRowAsync still allocates a GetHeaders row for it. The estimate counts only self-closing rows, so repeated non-self-closing empty rows can exceed MaxSynthesizedCells.

Count the row after ReadFirstContentAsync identifies the row end and before GetHeaders allocates the row. Do not count rows that contain cells.

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-                            var selfClosingRowCount = reader.IsEmptyElement ? 1 : 0;
-                            synthesizedCellCount += (long)(emptyRowCount + selfClosingRowCount) * columnCount;
+                            synthesizedCellCount += (long)emptyRowCount * columnCount;

                             if (synthesizedCellCount > maxSynthesizedCells)
                                 throw new InvalidDataException($"The worksheet exceeds the configured limit of {maxSynthesizedCells} synthesized empty cells.");
+
+                            Action countSynthesizedRow = () =>
+                            {
+                                synthesizedCellCount += columnCount;
+                                if (synthesizedCellCount > maxSynthesizedCells)
+                                    throw new InvalidDataException($"The worksheet exceeds the configured limit of {maxSynthesizedCells} synthesized empty cells.");
+                            };

                         var query = QueryRowAsync(reader, isFirstRow, startRowIndex, nextRowIndex, rowIndex, 
                             startColumnIndex, endColumnIndex, maxColumnIndex, withoutCr, hasHeaderRow, headRows, 
-                            mergeCells, cancellationToken);
+                            mergeCells, countSynthesizedRow, cancellationToken);
         bool withoutCr,
         bool hasHeaderRow,
         Dictionary<int, string> headRows,
         MergeCells? mergeCells,
+        Action countSynthesizedRow,
         [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
...
         if (!await reader.ReadFirstContentAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false) && !_config.IgnoreEmptyRows)
         {
+            countSynthesizedRow();
             //Fill in case of self closed empty row tag eg. <row r="1"/>
             yield return GetHeaders(hasHeaderRow, maxColumnIndex, headRows, startColumnIndex);
             yield break;
         }
 
+        if (!_config.IgnoreEmptyRows && reader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.EndElement)
+        {
+            countSynthesizedRow();
+            yield return GetHeaders(hasHeaderRow, maxColumnIndex, headRows, startColumnIndex);
+            yield break;
+        }
+
         var cell = GetHeaders(hasHeaderRow, maxColumnIndex, headRows, startColumnIndex);
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In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Reader/OpenXmlReader.cs` around lines 261 - 273, Update
OpenXmlReader’s QueryRowAsync flow to count a non-self-closing row as
synthesized only after ReadFirstContentAsync confirms it has no cells, and
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In `@src/MiniExcel.OpenXml/Reader/OpenXmlReader.cs`:
- Around line 261-273: Update OpenXmlReader’s QueryRowAsync flow to count a
non-self-closing row as synthesized only after ReadFirstContentAsync confirms it
has no cells, and before GetHeaders allocates its row. Preserve counting for
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- Added check to `ReadCellAndSetColumnIndexAsync` to throw an exception when the column number exceeds the Excel column limit
- Included empty row tags in the calculation of synthesized cells count
michelebastione added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 26, 2026
* fix: bound synthesized rows in OpenXml queries

* Copied adjustments from #1016

- Added check to `ReadCellAndSetColumnIndexAsync` to throw an exception when the column number exceeds the Excel column limit
- Included empty row tags in the calculation of synthesized cells count

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Co-authored-by: Michele Bastione <michele.bastione@gmail.com>
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