Medium severity · published Oct 15, 2026
CVE-2026-55154
EspoCRM: CSV/Formula Injection sanitizer bypass via leading whitespace/control characters in export
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
EspoCRM is an open source customer relationship management application. Prior to 9.3.9, application/Espo/Tools/Export/Format/Csv/Processor.php, application/Espo/Tools/Export/Format/Xlsx/OpenSpoutProcessor.php, and application/Espo/Tools/Export/Format/Xlsx/PhpSpreadsheetProcessor.php inspect only the first byte in sanitizeCellValue(). An authenticated low-privileged user can store a free-text value whose formula trigger is preceded by whitespace or a control character, causing CSV or XLSX export to omit the leading single-quote formula-neutralization prefix. When a privileged user opens the exported file and accepts applicable spreadsheet security prompts, spreadsheet software can ignore the whitespace or control-character prefix and evaluate the cell as a formula, permitting outbound data disclosure and, on legacy configurations with DDE enabled, command execution. This issue is fixed in version 9.3.9.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
espocrm · espocrm
< 9.3.9 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55154
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55154
github.com
https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/commit/f209248efd0d63bc8f7906cb96c07020a758eead
github.com
https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/releases/tag/9.3.9
github.com
https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/security/advisories/GHSA-xrwp-2gph-985x
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