diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
index 55694f10..272366d7 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Xlsx.php
@@ -1419,12 +1419,17 @@ class Xlsx extends BaseReader
                                 foreach ($vmlComments as $relName => $relPath) {
                                     // Load VML comments file
                                     $relPath = File::realpath(dirname("$dir/$fileWorksheet") . '/' . $relPath);
-                                    $vmlCommentsFile = simplexml_load_string(
-                                        $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $relPath)),
-                                        'SimpleXMLElement',
-                                        Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
-                                    );
-                                    $vmlCommentsFile->registerXPathNamespace('v', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml');
+                                    try {
+                                        $vmlCommentsFile = simplexml_load_string(
+                                            $this->securityScanner->scan($this->getFromZipArchive($zip, $relPath)),
+                                            'SimpleXMLElement',
+                                            Settings::getLibXmlLoaderOptions()
+                                        );
+                                        $vmlCommentsFile->registerXPathNamespace('v', 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml');
+                                    } catch(\Throwable $ex) {
+                                        //Ignore unparsable vmlDrawings. Later they will be moved from $unparsedVmlDrawings to $unparsedLoadedData
+                                        continue;
+                                    }
 
                                     $shapes = $vmlCommentsFile->xpath('//v:shape');
                                     foreach ($shapes as $shape) {
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XlsxTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XlsxTest.php
index 46b30509..3653c3d1 100644
--- a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XlsxTest.php
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Reader/XlsxTest.php
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ class XlsxTest extends TestCase
             $this->assertEquals($ref, \array_slice($data[$i], 0, 10, true));
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Test load Xlsx file with drawing having double attributes.
+     */
+    public function testLoadXlsxWithDoubleAttrDrawing()
+    {
+        $filename = './data/Reader/XLSX/double_attr_drawing.xlsx';
+        $reader = new Xlsx();
+        $reader->load($filename);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Test correct save and load xlsx files with empty drawings.
diff --git a/tests/data/Reader/XLSX/double_attr_drawing.xlsx b/tests/data/Reader/XLSX/double_attr_drawing.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8e54430
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