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1 vulnerability by ghas-to-csv_project
CVE-2022-39217 (GCVE-0-2022-39217)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-16 23:20 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:58
VLAI?
Title
Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in ghas-to-csv
Summary
some-natalie/ghas-to-csv (GitHub Advanced Security to CSV) is a GitHub action which scrapes the GitHub Advanced Security API and shoves it into a CSV. In affected versions this GitHub Action creates a CSV file without sanitizing the output of the APIs. If an alert is dismissed or any other custom field contains executable code / formulas, it might be run when an endpoint opens that CSV file in a spreadsheet program. This issue has been addressed in version `v1`. Users are advised to use `v1` or later. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
Severity ?
5.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/some-natalie/ghas-to-csv/secur… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/some-natalie/ghas-to-csv/commi… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| some-natalie | ghas-to-csv |
Affected:
< v1
|
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