CVE-2026-50179 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 03.06.2026 Published: 07.07.2026 Updated: 07.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.2

Product Status

Vendor actualbudget
Product actual
Versions
  • Version < 26.6.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-1236: Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File CWE