Red Hat Security Advisory: libreoffice security update
Affects Red Hat libreofficeSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 21:51 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 6 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an update for LibreOffice in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 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-2024:5599 to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Description
A security update for LibreOffice addresses a vulnerability where the ability to trust macro signatures that were not validated was removed in high security mode. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-6472 and affects LibreOffice as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6. The update mitigates the risk by disabling trust of unvalidated macro signatures in high security mode, reducing the potential for malicious macro execution.