# CVE-2022-24770: Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File in Gradio Flagging

- Also known as: GHSA-F8XQ-Q7PX-WG8C, PYSEC-2022-229
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.8.11
- Published: 2022-03-17 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- gradio-app gradio: fixed in 2.8.11
- gradio (PyPI): fixed in 2.8.11

## Description

`gradio` is an open source framework for building interactive machine learning models and demos. Prior to version 2.8.11, `gradio` suffers from Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File. The `gradio` library has a flagging functionality which saves input/output data into a CSV file on the developer's computer. This can allow a user to save arbitrary text into the CSV file, such as commands. If a program like MS Excel opens such a file, then it automatically runs these commands, which could lead to arbitrary commands running on the user's computer. The problem has been patched as of `2.8.11`, which escapes the saved csv with single quotes. As a workaround, avoid opening csv files generated by `gradio` with Excel or similar spreadsheet programs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on gradio-app gradio, gradio, upgrade to a fixed version (2.8.11) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/security/advisories/GHSA-f8xq-q7px-wg8c
- https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/pull/817
- https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio/commit/80fea89117358ee105973453fdc402398ae20239

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