CVE-2026-64955

Velociraptor CSV Formula Injection in Export Pipeline

Published Aug 12, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor 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.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rapid7
Rapid7 velociraptor
Vendors & Products Rapid7
Rapid7 velociraptor
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
rapid7
Published
Updated
Aug 12, 2026, 12:29 PM
Reserved
Jul 21, 2026, 8:32 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Aug 12, 2026, 10:17 AM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 4:10 PM