Information disclosure in Libreoffice
CVE-2024-12426
Exposure of Environmental Variables and arbitrary INI file values to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice. URLs could be constructed which expanded environmental variables or INI file values, so potentially sensitive information could be exfiltrated to a remote server on opening a document containing such links. This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.8 before < 24.8.4.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.005 (42.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Libreoffice — versions 24.8.0.0
- The Document Foundation Libreoffice — versions 24.8
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 11.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@documentfoundation.org (Vendor Advisory)
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-12426?
- CVE-2024-12426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-01-07.
- How severe is CVE-2024-12426?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-12426 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.