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LibreOffice EUVDEUVD-2026-92421

| CVE-2026-63270 MEDIUM
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-10-05 Document Fdn. GHSA-p537-j8hg-x628
6.7
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: Document Fdn.
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft document with internal-scheme URL
  2. Delivery
    Deliver document to victim (email/download)
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens document in LibreOffice
  4. Execution
    XForms/Calc provider expands env/INI value
  5. Impact
    Expanded secret exfiltrated to remote server

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to open an attacker-supplied document in LibreOffice (passive user interaction, UI:P) and reaches the vulnerability through specific document-supplied URL paths that the CVE-2024-12426 fix did not cover: XForms instance data, and the Calc CSV and SQL data providers. The crafted URL must use an internal scheme that triggers environment-variable or INI-file value expansion. Limiting factors: the attack is local-vector (a malicious document must be delivered and opened), impact is confined to leaking environment/INI values (confidentiality only, no code execution or data modification), and fixed versions mitigate it by refusing internal-scheme URLs when the URL originates from the document. Unaffected if documents are opened only from trusted sources or on patched builds.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity information-disclosure flaw (CVSS 4.0 base 6.7, CWE-200) rather than a high-urgency, mass-exploitation threat. The vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N) points to a local vector requiring the victim to open a malicious document (UI:P), with confidentiality-only impact extending to a subsequent system (SC:H) because data is exfiltrated to a remote server; there is no integrity or availability impact. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC indicator was provided in the input, so exploitation probability signals are absent - this is NOT in CISA KEV and no public exploit was identified at time of analysis. The practical attacker effort is non-trivial: a user must be socially engineered into opening a crafted document, and the payload only leaks environment-variable or INI values rather than granting code execution. One signal to flag explicitly: the vendor vector sets PR:L, but the described attack (opening an attacker-supplied document) normally requires no pre-existing privileges on the target - this PR:L assignment is questionable and my independent assessment uses PR:N/UI:R; verify with the LibreOffice advisory. Net priority: patch in normal cycles; it is a real information-leak bug but not a drop-everything issue absent any exploitation evidence.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker emails a victim a LibreOffice document (e.g., a Calc spreadsheet using a CSV/SQL data provider or a form with XForms instance data) in which a URL references an internal scheme that expands environment variables or INI file values. When the victim opens the document, LibreOffice resolves the crafted URL and transmits the expanded sensitive values to an attacker-controlled remote server. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and the local vector plus required user interaction make this a targeted social-engineering attack rather than a remote mass-exploitation vector.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 05, 2026

Environment-variable and INI-file value disclosure in LibreOffice lets a crafted document exfiltrate host configuration data to a remote server when the victim opens it, because document-supplied URLs can still be expanded in code paths that the earlier CVE-2024-12426 fix missed. The incomplete fix overlooked XForms instance data and the Calc CSV and SQL data providers, which continue to resolve internal-scheme URLs originating from the document. This is a moderate-severity, confidentiality-only flaw (CVSS 4.0 base 6.7, CWE-200) that requires the victim to open an attacker-supplied file, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the independent assessment scores it as a local-vector, passive-user-interaction issue with no impact on integrity or availability.

RemediationAI

Apply the LibreOffice release that contains the fix described in the vendor security advisory at https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2026-63270; patch availability is confirmed by the vendor advisory but no exact patched version string is enumerated in the provided data, so verify the fixed build number there rather than assuming one. Until the update is deployed, the most effective compensating control is to not open untrusted or unsolicited documents in LibreOffice, since the flaw only triggers when the victim opens the crafted file, and to open foreign documents in a sandboxed or containerized instance with a scrubbed environment (no secrets in environment variables or shared user profile INI files) so that any expansion yields nothing worth exfiltrating. Where the affected code paths are not needed, restrict or disable the Calc CSV and SQL data-provider functionality through configuration, understanding that linked/imported data workflows will break; blocking outbound network access from the office suite (host firewall or egress proxy rules) also defeats the exfiltration step but can break legitimate remote document, template, and linked-data access. None of these workarounds is a substitute for installing the patched build, which is the only change that removes the vulnerable expansion path entirely.

Affected VersionsENISA

libreoffice 26.2 << 26.2.5

Affected Packages

euvd libreoffice_26_2 fix: 26.2.5

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) implemented through LibreOffice's URL resolution logic. LibreOffice expands environment variables and values stored in its INI-style configuration when constructing certain URLs, and an internal URL scheme tells the application to handle the target via an internal mechanism rather than an external protocol. CVE-2024-12426 addressed this by refusing expansion when a URL is supplied by the document, but the check was applied inconsistently: XForms instance data and the Calc CSV and SQL data providers were not covered, so they still reached the expansion routine and could embed resolved secrets inside a URL that is then fetched from a remote host. Fixed builds close the gap by rejecting URLs that use internal schemes whenever the URL originates from the opened document; because the disclosure channel is outbound HTTP(S) resolution rather than a memory-safety bug, the impact class is information disclosure rather than code execution. The CPE identifies the affected package as the_document_foundation:libreoffice with wildcarded version attributes, so the vendor advisory is the authoritative source for the precise affected-versus-fixed version boundary.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Document Fdn.) PRIMARY 6.7 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 6.3 MEDIUM

Opening an attacker-supplied document needs no prior privileges (PR:N) but requires user interaction (UI:R); local document vector (AV:L), with exfiltration to a remote server crossing a trust boundary (S:C, C:H) and no integrity/availability impact.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Red Hat 5.5 MEDIUM

Primary rating from Vendor (Document Fdn.).

CVSS VectorVendor: Document Fdn.

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
High
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 05, 2026 - 13:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 05, 2026 - 11:17 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.7

DescriptionCVE.org

URLs could be constructed which expanded environment variable or INI file values, so potentially sensitive information could be exfiltrated to a remote server on opening a document containing such links. The check added for CVE-2024-12426 did not cover every place a document can supply a URL. XForms instance data and the Calc csv and sql data providers still reached the expansion. In fixed versions these places refuse URLs with internal schemes when the URL comes from the document.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 99% exploitable
Prevalence
High
LibreOffice is a widely deployed open-source office suite across enterprises and OS distributions
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

34
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +34
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 Affected

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