Fields have a leading space in data when exporting to .csv files from UIM Operator Console 23.4CU2

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

When exporting data from UIM Operator Console 23.4 into a .csv file, there is a leading space in the data.  This did not exist in previous versions.  Note the leading spaces in the example below:

"Name","Device Type","OS Name","Latest Origin","IP Address","Monitored By","Bus Type","Discovered","Alarm Count","Max Severity"
" Sample-PriHub-Robot"," Host"," WindowsServer-2019 (10.0.17763)"," SamplePriHub"," xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"," cdm,hub"," hub"," 3 months ago"," 1"," Major"
" sample_server"," Host"," "," SamplePriHub"," ",""," none"," a month ago","0"," Clear"
" sample_server"," Device"," "," SamplePriHub"," ",""," none"," a month ago","0"," Clear"

Environment

• UIM 23.4CU2+
• Operator Console 23.4CU2+

Resolution

This is working as designed.  Exporting to .csv in Operator Console was changed to address concerns with vulnerabilities occurring via CSV Injection.  

Addressing this security vulnerability is noted here:

Operator Console 23.4 - Cumulative Update 2

Additional Information

You can find information on this here:

CSV Injection (owasp.org site)