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GHSA-X3CX-8MG8-HCV2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-12 12:32 – Updated: 2026-08-12 12:32

Details

When Microsoft Excel imports a CSV file, it executes cells beginning with certain characters as formulas, giving such CSV files arbitrary execution.

Velociraptor fails to sanitize such cells when exporting to CSV from various places such as the GUI, offline collector or data exports.

It is not clear if the vulnerability is actually in Microsoft Excel treating a CSV data file as executable content, or if Velociraptor should be sanitizing the data to prevent Excel from executing it. However, since this is such a common use case for Velociraptor we decided to highlight it in an advisory.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2026-64955 (GCVE-0-2026-64955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-12 09:39 – Updated: 2026-08-12 12:29

Title

Velociraptor CSV Formula Injection in Export Pipeline

Summary

When Microsoft Excel imports a CSV file, it executes cells beginning with certain characters as formulas, giving such CSV files arbitrary execution. Velociraptor fails to sanitize such cells when exporting to CSV from various places such as the GUI, offline collector or data exports. It is not clear if the vulnerability is actually in Microsoft Excel treating a CSV data file as executable content, or if Velociraptor should be sanitizing the data to prevent Excel from executing it. However, since this is such a common use case for Velociraptor we decided to highlight it in an advisory.

Severity

6.1 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-12 12:29 UTC

CWE

CWE-1236 - Improper neutralization of formula elements in a CSV file

Assigner

rapid7 mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
http://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/adviso…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Rapid7	Velociraptor	Affected: 0 , < 0.77.2 (semver)

Credits

Tristan Madani (Talence Security)

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