diff --git a/src/frontend/flask_app/static/js/csv-export.js b/src/frontend/flask_app/static/js/csv-export.js
index ed01a6c..d618707 100644
--- a/src/frontend/flask_app/static/js/csv-export.js
+++ b/src/frontend/flask_app/static/js/csv-export.js
@@ -228,17 +228,37 @@ function csvExport() {
     },
 
     /**
-     * Escape CSV value (handle quotes, delimiters)
+     * True when the first non-space character opens a formula/command that
+     * Excel or LibreOffice would evaluate on open (#22): =, +, -, @, TAB, CR.
+     * Same check as the backend's neutralise_csv_cell
+     * (production_export_service.py) - only leading ASCII spaces are
+     * stripped before looking at the first character.
+     */
+    _startsCsvDangerous(str) {
+      const stripped = str.replace(/^ +/, '');
+      return stripped.length > 0 && /^[=+\-@\t\r]/.test(stripped);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Escape CSV value (handle quotes, delimiters, formula injection)
      */
     escapeCsvValue(value) {
       if (value === null || value === undefined) {
         return '';
       }
 
-      const str = String(value);
+      let str = String(value);
 
-      // If contains delimiter, newline, or quote, wrap in quotes
-      if (str.includes(this.delimiter) || str.includes('\n') || str.includes('"')) {
+      // Formula/command injection (#22): a leading apostrophe forces the
+      // cell to stay literal text instead of being evaluated. Only for
+      // free-text fields - this function is never used on numeric cells
+      // (those go through formatNumber).
+      if (this._startsCsvDangerous(str)) {
+        str = "'" + str;
+      }
+
+      // If contains delimiter, newline, CR, or quote, wrap in quotes
+      if (str.includes(this.delimiter) || str.includes('\n') || str.includes('\r') || str.includes('"')) {
         // Escape existing quotes by doubling them
         return '"' + str.replace(/"/g, '""') + '"';
       }
diff --git a/src/frontend/flask_app/tests/js/test_csv_export.js b/src/frontend/flask_app/tests/js/test_csv_export.js
index a2b191f..25de58c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/flask_app/tests/js/test_csv_export.js
+++ b/src/frontend/flask_app/tests/js/test_csv_export.js
@@ -97,6 +97,62 @@ const MEASUREMENT = {
   check('tolleranza + presente comunque (0,5)', row[6].replace(',', '.') === '0.5', row.join('|'));
 }
 
+// gitea#22 - formula injection: a lot_number/serial_number/description
+// opening a spreadsheet formula must come out neutralised with a leading
+// apostrophe, same rule as the backend's neutralise_csv_cell.
+{
+  const e = csvExport();
+  const payload = '=HYPERLINK("http://x","y")';
+  const injected = { ...MEASUREMENT, lot_number: payload };
+  const csv = e.buildMeasurementCSV([injected]);
+  const line = csv.split('\n')[1];
+  check(
+    "#22 lot_number '=HYPERLINK(...)' -> neutralizzato con apice",
+    line.includes("'=HYPERLINK"),
+    line,
+  );
+  check(
+    '#22 nessuna cella comincia con = non neutralizzato',
+    !/;=/.test(line) && !line.startsWith('='),
+    line,
+  );
+}
+
+{
+  const e = csvExport();
+  // escapeCsvValue directly, for the other dangerous prefixes and the CR case.
+  check("#22 '+1' -> \"'+1\"", e.escapeCsvValue('+1') === "'+1");
+  check("#22 '-cmd' -> \"'-cmd\"", e.escapeCsvValue('-cmd') === "'-cmd");
+  check("#22 '@SUM(1)' -> \"'@SUM(1)\"", e.escapeCsvValue('@SUM(1)') === "'@SUM(1)");
+  check(
+    '#22 spazi iniziali non nascondono il prefisso pericoloso',
+    e.escapeCsvValue('   =evil()') === "'   =evil()",
+  );
+  check(
+    "#22 valore innocuo invariato",
+    e.escapeCsvValue('Lotto normale') === 'Lotto normale',
+  );
+  check(
+    '#22 valore con \\r viene quotato',
+    e.escapeCsvValue('a\rb') === '"a\rb"',
+  );
+}
+
+// A negative measured value is a number, not free text: it must stay a
+// plain numeric cell (formatNumber), never routed through escapeCsvValue -
+// otherwise a "-1,25" would get an apostrophe and stop being a number.
+{
+  const e = csvExport();
+  const negative = { ...MEASUREMENT, value: -1.25 };
+  const csv = e.buildMeasurementCSV([negative]);
+  const row = csv.split('\n')[1].split(';');
+  check(
+    '#22 valore numerico negativo resta numero (-1,25)',
+    row[3] === '-1,25',
+    row.join('|'),
+  );
+}
+
 if (failures > 0) {
   console.error(failures + ' test falliti su csv-export.js');
   process.exit(1);