CVE-2026-46672 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-46672: Actual: CSV Formula Injection in `@actual-app/cli` `--format csv` Output via Custom `escapeCsv` Helper

Vendor Actualbudget
Product actual
Weakness CWE-1236
Published July 7, 2026
Last update July 8, 2026

CVSS base score

4.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Actual is a local-first personal finance app. Prior to 26.6.0, @actual-app/cli ships a hand-rolled CSV serializer in packages/cli/src/output.ts used whenever the global --format csv option is passed, whose escapeCsv helper only handles RFC 4180 delimiter, quote, and newline escaping and does not neutralize standard CSV formula-injection prefixes. Any CLI command that streams an object array containing user-controlled strings, including transactions list, accounts list, payees list, categories list, tags list, category-groups list, rules list, schedules list, and query, can emit cells that auto-evaluate when the resulting CSV is opened in Excel, LibreOffice Calc, or Google Sheets, enabling data exfiltration and arbitrary formula execution. This issue is fixed in version 26.6.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 7, 2026 CVE published
July 8, 2026 Record updated

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