diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.export.ts b/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.export.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b791b545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.export.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { apiFetch } from '@/lib/api';
+import type { VulnerabilityDetail } from '@/types/security';
+
+/**
+ * Every vulnerability row for a scan, paging past the API's per-request cap
+ * (the backend clamps a single page to 1000 rows). The detail table renders
+ * only a capped page, so the CSV export relies on this to make good on its
+ * "complete list" promise for scans with thousands of findings. Unfiltered by
+ * severity on purpose: the CSV is the full record, not the current view. A
+ * short page also ends the loop, so an over-reported `total` cannot spin it.
+ */
+export async function fetchAllScanVulnerabilities(
+  scanId: number,
+): Promise<VulnerabilityDetail[]> {
+  const all: VulnerabilityDetail[] = [];
+  const pageSize = 1000;
+  for (let offset = 0; ; offset += pageSize) {
+    const res = await apiFetch(
+      `/security/scans/${scanId}/vulnerabilities?limit=${pageSize}&offset=${offset}`,
+    );
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Failed to fetch the full vulnerability list');
+    const data = await res.json();
+    const items: VulnerabilityDetail[] = Array.isArray(data.items) ? data.items : [];
+    all.push(...items);
+    if (items.length < pageSize || all.length >= (data.total ?? all.length)) break;
+  }
+  return all;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.tsx b/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.tsx
index e01aafc3..32417728 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/VulnerabilityScanSheet.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import {
 import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
 import { Label } from '@/components/ui/label';
 import { ScanComparisonSheet } from './ScanComparisonSheet';
+import { fetchAllScanVulnerabilities } from './VulnerabilityScanSheet.export';
 import { apiFetch } from '@/lib/api';
 import { toast } from '@/components/ui/toast-store';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
@@ -221,6 +222,7 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
   const [savingSuppression, setSavingSuppression] = useState(false);
   const [ackForm, setAckForm] = useState<AckDialogState | null>(null);
   const [savingAck, setSavingAck] = useState(false);
+  const [exportingCsv, setExportingCsv] = useState(false);
 
   const DETAIL_FETCH_LIMIT = 500;
 
@@ -477,32 +479,47 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
     }
   }, [ackForm, load]);
 
-  const exportCsv = useCallback(() => {
+  const exportCsv = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!scan || details.length === 0) return;
-    const header = 'CVE,Package,Severity,Installed,Fixed,URL\n';
-    const escape = (v: string) => `"${v.replace(/"/g, '""')}"`;
-    const rows = details
-      .map((d) =>
-        [
-          escape(d.vulnerability_id),
-          escape(d.pkg_name),
-          escape(d.severity),
-          escape(d.installed_version),
-          escape(d.fixed_version ?? ''),
-          escape(d.primary_url ?? ''),
-        ].join(','),
-      )
-      .join('\n');
-    const blob = new Blob([header + rows], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8' });
-    const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-    const a = document.createElement('a');
-    a.href = url;
-    a.download = `${scan.image_ref.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/gi, '_')}-vulnerabilities.csv`;
-    document.body.appendChild(a);
-    a.click();
-    a.remove();
-    URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
-  }, [scan, details]);
+    setExportingCsv(true);
+    try {
+      // The table renders a capped page; the CSV is the complete-list recovery
+      // path the in-sheet notice promises, so fetch every row when the loaded
+      // set is short of the total. Otherwise reuse what is already in memory.
+      const rows =
+        details.length < totalDetails
+          ? await fetchAllScanVulnerabilities(scan.id)
+          : details;
+      const escape = (v: string) => `"${v.replace(/"/g, '""')}"`;
+      const csv =
+        'CVE,Package,Severity,Installed,Fixed,URL\n' +
+        rows
+          .map((d) =>
+            [
+              escape(d.vulnerability_id),
+              escape(d.pkg_name),
+              escape(d.severity),
+              escape(d.installed_version),
+              escape(d.fixed_version ?? ''),
+              escape(d.primary_url ?? ''),
+            ].join(','),
+          )
+          .join('\n');
+      const url = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([csv], { type: 'text/csv;charset=utf-8' }));
+      const a = document.createElement('a');
+      a.href = url;
+      a.download = `${scan.image_ref.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/gi, '_')}-vulnerabilities.csv`;
+      document.body.appendChild(a);
+      a.click();
+      a.remove();
+      URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+      toast.success(`Exported ${rows.length} ${rows.length === 1 ? 'vulnerability' : 'vulnerabilities'}`);
+    } catch (err) {
+      toast.error((err as Error)?.message || 'CSV export failed');
+    } finally {
+      setExportingCsv(false);
+    }
+  }, [scan, details, totalDetails]);
 
   const exportSarif = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!scan) return;
@@ -550,8 +567,9 @@ export function VulnerabilityScanSheet({
     }] : []),
     ...(details.length > 0 ? [{
       label: 'CSV',
-      icon: Download,
-      onClick: exportCsv,
+      icon: exportingCsv ? Loader2 : Download,
+      onClick: () => { void exportCsv(); },
+      disabled: exportingCsv,
     }] : []),
     ...(canExportSarif && scan.status === 'completed' ? [{
       label: 'SARIF',
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/__tests__/VulnerabilityScanSheet.export.test.ts b/frontend/src/components/__tests__/VulnerabilityScanSheet.export.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ff91735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/__tests__/VulnerabilityScanSheet.export.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/**
+ * fetchAllScanVulnerabilities backs the scan sheet's CSV export. The detail
+ * table renders a capped page, but the CSV promises the complete list, so this
+ * helper must page past the backend's per-request cap (1000 rows) and collect
+ * every finding. A scan with thousands of CVEs is the case this guards.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('@/lib/api', () => ({ apiFetch: vi.fn() }));
+
+import { apiFetch } from '@/lib/api';
+import { fetchAllScanVulnerabilities } from '../VulnerabilityScanSheet.export';
+import type { VulnerabilityDetail } from '@/types/security';
+
+const mockedFetch = vi.mocked(apiFetch);
+
+function response(ok: boolean, body: unknown): Response {
+  return { ok, json: async () => body } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+function rows(n: number, startId = 0): VulnerabilityDetail[] {
+  return Array.from({ length: n }, (_, i) => ({ id: startId + i }) as VulnerabilityDetail);
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => mockedFetch.mockReset());
+
+describe('fetchAllScanVulnerabilities', () => {
+  it('fetches a single page when the total fits under the per-request cap', async () => {
+    mockedFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce(response(true, { items: rows(42), total: 42 }));
+    const result = await fetchAllScanVulnerabilities(7);
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(42);
+    expect(mockedFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(mockedFetch).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/security/scans/7/vulnerabilities?limit=1000&offset=0');
+  });
+
+  it('pages past the cap until every row is collected', async () => {
+    mockedFetch
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(response(true, { items: rows(1000, 0), total: 2500 }))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(response(true, { items: rows(1000, 1000), total: 2500 }))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(response(true, { items: rows(500, 2000), total: 2500 }));
+    const result = await fetchAllScanVulnerabilities(3);
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(2500);
+    expect(mockedFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(mockedFetch).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, '/security/scans/3/vulnerabilities?limit=1000&offset=0');
+    expect(mockedFetch).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, '/security/scans/3/vulnerabilities?limit=1000&offset=1000');
+    expect(mockedFetch).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, '/security/scans/3/vulnerabilities?limit=1000&offset=2000');
+  });
+
+  it('stops on a short page even when total over-reports (no infinite loop)', async () => {
+    mockedFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce(response(true, { items: rows(10), total: 99999 }));
+    const result = await fetchAllScanVulnerabilities(1);
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(10);
+    expect(mockedFetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it('throws when a page request fails rather than returning a partial list', async () => {
+    mockedFetch.mockResolvedValueOnce(response(false, {}));
+    await expect(fetchAllScanVulnerabilities(1)).rejects.toThrow('full vulnerability list');
+  });
+});