CVE-2022-28481
CSV-Safe improperly filters special characters potentially leading to CSV injection
CSV-Safe gem < 3.0.0 doesn't filter out special characters which could trigger CSV Injection.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
CSV-Safe gem < 3.0.0 doesn't filter out special characters which could trigger CSV Injection.
- Record
CVE-2022-28481- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CSV-Safe gem < 3.0.0 doesn't filter out special characters which could trigger CSV Injection.
- Record
CVE-2022-28481- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3691 No score
CSV-Safe gem < 3.0.0 doesn't filter out special characters which could trigger CSV Injection.
- Record
EUVD-2022-3691- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f55g-x8qq-2569
CSV-Safe improperly filters special characters potentially leading to CSV injection
CSV-Safe gem < 3.0.0 doesn't filter out special characters which could trigger CSV Injection.
- Record
GHSA-f55g-x8qq-2569- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-f55g-x8qq-2569
CSV-Safe improperly filters special characters potentially leading to CSV injection
CSV-Safe gem < 3.0.0 doesn't filter out special characters which could trigger CSV Injection.
- Record
GHSA-f55g-x8qq-2569- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-1236
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
CSV-Safe gem < 3.0.0 doesn't filter out special characters which could trigger CSV Injection.
- Record
CVE-2022-28481- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-28481 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Csv-safe Project Csv-safe, published May 1, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.76%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in csv-safe 3.0.0.
References
github.com/zvory/csv-safe/issues/7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28481
hackerone.com/reports/223999