VulnerabilityPublished 29 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-109831: unrtf security update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-109831· Medium 5.4

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium : upgrade to 0.21.13-1.oe2203sp4 when convenient.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 11:18 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score

5.4Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 10% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 0.21.13-1.oe2203sp4

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: Low

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: Low: Performance is reduced or there are interruptions in resource availability. Even if repeated exploitation of the vulnerability is possible, the attacker does not have the ability to completely deny service to legitimate users. The resources in the impacted component are either partially available all of the time, or fully available only some of the time, but overall there is no direct, serious consequence to the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Oct 2026
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 29 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade unrtf to 0.21.13-1.oe2203sp4.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
openEuler 22.03-LTS-SP4unrtf`pkg:rpm/openEuler/unrtf&distro=openEuler-22.03-LTS-SP4`Other threats	Affected <0.21.13-1.oe2203sp4	Fixed in 0.21.13-1.oe2203sp4

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AI-suggested

Users should upgrade to UnRTF version 0.21.13-1.oe2203sp4 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Applying this official patch eliminates the risk of this out-of-bounds write vulnerability. No additional mitigation is required once the update is applied.

Description

UnRTF, a command-line tool for converting Rich Text Format documents to various formats, contains a vulnerability that allows an attacker to cause an out-of-bounds write. This flaw can be triggered by opening a maliciously crafted RTF file, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The issue is addressed in version 0.21.13-1.oe2203sp4.

Impact

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted RTF file to the UnRTF tool, leading to an out-of-bounds write that causes a denial-of-service condition. There is no indication of confidentiality impact or code execution. The impact is limited to application availability and integrity.

Summary

UnRTF is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds write when processing specially crafted RTF files. This vulnerability can cause a denial-of-service condition by crashing the application or corrupting memory. The flaw affects versions prior to 0.21.13-1.oe2203sp4, and a fix has been released in that version. The CVSS v3.1 score is 5.4, indicating a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and impact limited to integrity and availability.

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