CVE-2026-50179CWE-1236

Actual: CSV Formula Injection in Transaction Export via Imported Payee/Notes Fields

Medium · published July 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Actual is a local-first personal finance tool. Prior to 26.6.0, exportToCSV and exportQueryToCSV in packages/loot-core/src/server/transactions/export/export-to-csv.ts pass user-controlled Payee, Notes, Account, and Category strings to csv-stringify with no cast callback and no formula-prefix neutralization. Strings that begin with equals sign, plus, minus, at sign, tab, or carriage return survive verbatim into the exported CSV, and when a recipient opens the file in Excel, LibreOffice Calc, or Google Sheets, the strings are interpreted as formulas, enabling transaction data exfiltration and attacker-chosen spreadsheet display values. This issue is fixed in version 26.6.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00286 · 20.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1236 · Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
Published
2026-07-07T20:58Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 JUL 20:58Z
    Actual: CSV Formula Injection in Transaction Export via Imported Payee/Notes Fields
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