Critical Grist-Core Vulnerability Allows RCE Attacks via Spreadsheet Formulas

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Grist‑Core, an open-source, self-hosted version of the Grist relational spreadsheet-database, that could result in remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-24002 CVSS score: 9.1, has been codenamed Cellbreak by Cyera Research Lab...

CVE-2026-24002

Grist is spreadsheet software using Python as its formula language. Grist offers several methods for running those formulas in a sandbox, for cases where the user may be working with untrusted spreadsheets. One such method runs them in pyodide, but pyodide on node does not have a useful sandbox...

CVE-2026-24002

Grist is spreadsheet software using Python as its formula language. Grist offers several methods for running those formulas in a sandbox, for cases where the user may be working with untrusted spreadsheets. One such method runs them in pyodide, but pyodide on node does not have a useful sandbox...

CVE-2026-24002 pyodide sandbox option is insecure

Grist is spreadsheet software using Python as its formula language. Grist offers several methods for running those formulas in a sandbox, for cases where the user may be working with untrusted spreadsheets. One such method runs them in pyodide, but pyodide on node does not have a useful sandbox...

CVE-2026-24002

CVE-2026-24002 – Grist sandbox escape vulnerability affects Grist Core (Grist open-source self-hosted spreadsheet/database). The issue arises when running formulas in the Pyodide sandbox on Node.js, where the sandbox barrier is insufficient, allowing an untrusted spreadsheet to escape to host exe...

CVE-2026-24002 pyodide sandbox option is insecure

Grist is spreadsheet software using Python as its formula language. Grist offers several methods for running those formulas in a sandbox, for cases where the user may be working with untrusted spreadsheets. One such method runs them in pyodide, but pyodide on node does not have a useful sandbox...

Grist injection vulnerability

Grist is a modern relational spreadsheet developed by Grist Open Source. Versions of Grist prior to 1.7.9 had an injection vulnerability, which was caused by insufficient pyodide sandbox barriers. This vulnerability could allow for the execution of arbitrary processes on the server...