CVE-2026-46672
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.6 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.6
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/commit/068185751c03b42e726e3c60b718413d5f96c306
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/pull/7859
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/releases/tag/v26.6.0
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/security/advisories/GHSA-7gh7-258j-4mpq
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/security/advisories/GHSA-7gh7-258j-4mpq
References
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/commit/068185751c03b42e726e3c60b718413d5f96c306
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/pull/7859
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/releases/tag/v26.6.0
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/security/advisories/GHSA-7gh7-258j-4mpq
- https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/security/advisories/GHSA-7gh7-258j-4mpq