# CVE-2022-22121: NocoDB - CSV Injection in User Management

> A low-privileged attacker can inject malicious formulas into NocoDB tables, leading to code execution when an administrator exports and opens the data as CSV.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6gjq-vmwg-37pv

## What is CVE-2022-22121?

CVE-2022-22121 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in nocodb, published on 10 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In NocoDB, versions 0.81.0 through 0.83.8 are affected by CSV Injection vulnerability (Formula Injection). A low privileged attacker can create a new table to inject payloads in the table rows. When an administrator accesses the User Management endpoint and exports the data as a CSV file and opens it, the payload gets executed.

Weakness: CWE-1236 (Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22121?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nocodb Nocodb.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22121?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22121 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22121 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22121 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in nocodb

- [CVE-2022-2339](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2339/): Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in nocodb/nocodb (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-2062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2062/): Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in nocodb/nocodb (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-2064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2064/): Insufficient Session Expiration in nocodb/nocodb (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-2063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2063/): Improper Privilege Management in nocodb/nocodb (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2022-2022](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2022/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in nocodb/nocodb (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22121 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22121 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in nocodb, published on 10 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22121 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: nocodb. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22121/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22121/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22121
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22121
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22121

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22121/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.