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Medium · 4.2 CVE-2026-50179 EUVD-2026-42104GHSA-xqjm-27pc-rvwm

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

Published Jul 7, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
actualbudget actual < 26.6.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm @actual-app/web < 26.6.0 26.6.0 GHSA-xqjm-27pc-rvwm

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