Vulnerability in Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice

[ Description ]Official description

Apache OpenOffice documents can contain links. A missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice allowed an attacker to craft a document that would cause external links to be loaded without prompt, possibly transferring the contents of environment variables in the process. This issue affects Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.16. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.1.17, which fixes the issue.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund3 Nov 2026WID-SEC-2026-4332

  Apache OpenOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  Risk mediumCVE-2026-90632CVE-2026-90627CVE-2026-59267+9 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• lists.apache.org/thread.html/j19rrk8jwrlg41tj6rfdcccj8cyyxhz9Mailing ListVendor Advisory
• www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/03/30Mailing ListThird Party Advisory