Red Hat Security Advisory: libreoffice security update
Affects Red Hat libreofficeSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 14% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
A security update for LibreOffice is available from Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that removes the ability to trust unvalidated macro signatures in high security mode. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:5598 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the issue.
Description
A security update for LibreOffice addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2024-6472) where the ability to trust macro signatures that were not validated was removed in high security mode. This vulnerability relates to improper validation of macro signatures, which could affect the security posture of LibreOffice when running macros. The update is rated as moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security and applies to LibreOffice packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. No specific CVSS score is provided for this vulnerability.