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.

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Workaround

Never open exported CSV files using Microsoft Excel or Google Docs. Libreoffice was tested to not be vulnerable to this issue so it can be used safely.

History

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Velociraptor CSV Formula Injection in Export Pipeline
Weaknesses CWE-1236
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-12T12:29:40.570Z

Reserved: 2026-07-21T08:32:47.510Z

Link: CVE-2026-64955

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T12:29:23.764Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-12T10:17:20.310

Modified: 2026-08-12T13:17:23.673

Link: CVE-2026-64955

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-12T12:15:04Z

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