GitHub Advisoryadvisory · GitHub Actions
GHSA-634p-93h9-92vh ghas-to-csv vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2022-39217
- Ecosystem
- GitHub Actions
- Packages
- some-natalie/ghas-to-csv
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1236, CWE-74
- Reviewed
- 2022-09-16
Affected packages
• GitHub Actions some-natalie/ghas-to-csv: < 1 → fixed in 1
Description
Impact
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. The data flow looks like this 👇🏻
```mermaid
graph TD
A(Repository) -->|developer dismissal, other data input| B(GitHub Advanced Security data)
B -->|ghas-to-csv| C(CSV file)
C -->|spreadsheet program| D(endpoint executes potentially malicious code)
```
Patches
Please use version `v1` or later. That tag moves from using `csv` to `defusedcsv` to mitigate this problem.
Workarounds
There is no workaround. Please upgrade to using the latest tag, `v1` (or later).
References
• CWE-1236 information from MITRE
• CSV injection information from OWASP
• CodeQL query for CWE-1236 in Python here
• PyPI site for `defusedcsv` here
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
• Open an issue in this repository here
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2022-39217 some-natalie/ghas-to-csv (GitHub Advanced Security to CSV) is a GitHub action which scrapes the GitHub Advanced Security API and shoves it… vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/some-natalie/ghas-to-csv/security/advisories/GHSA-634p-93h9-92vh web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39217 advisory
- https://github.com/some-natalie/ghas-to-csv/issues/19 web
- https://github.com/some-natalie/ghas-to-csv/pull/20 web
- https://github.com/some-natalie/ghas-to-csv/commit/d0b521928fa734513b5cd9c7d9d8e09db50e884a web
- https://github.com/some-natalie/ghas-to-csv package