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CVE-2026-4430VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: libreoffice security update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-4430· Medium 5.4

Public exploit available · CVSS 5.4 Medium : upgrade Red Hat libreoffice to 26.2.3 or 25.8.7 as a priority.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 02:33 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.4Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 26.2.3, 25.8.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 7 May 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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), CVSS vector, the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade LibreOffice to 26.2.3 or 25.8.7.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
The Document FoundationLibreOfficeAffected
  • >=26.2 <26.2.3
Fixed in
  • 26.2.3
The Document FoundationLibreOfficeAffected
  • >=25.8 <25.8.7
Fixed in
  • 25.8.7
Debiandebian/libreofficepkg:deb/debian/libreofficeOther threatsAffected
  • =26.2
  • =25.8
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released an official security update for LibreOffice on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.

Description

A denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2026-4430) exists in LibreOffice when processing crafted OOXML documents. This issue could cause the application to become unresponsive or crash. Red Hat has issued a security update for LibreOffice on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to address this moderate severity flaw.

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