CVE-2026-50179 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-50179: Actual: CSV Formula Injection in Transaction Export via Imported Payee/Notes Fields

Vendor Actualbudget
Product actual
Weakness CWE-1236
Published July 7, 2026
Last update July 9, 2026

CVSS base score

4.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 7, 2026 CVE published
July 9, 2026 Record updated