CVE-2026-63270: LibreOffice environment and INI file variable expansion information leak

CVE-2026-63270 · Severity: info · Published 2026-10-05

LibreOffice is an office productivity suite that opens documents containing links and embedded data. Attackers can craft documents with specially-constructed URLs that cause LibreOffice to expand environment variables and INI file values, potentially exfiltrating sensitive configuration data to remote servers when a user opens the document. This affects XForms instance data and Calc's CSV and SQL data providers.

Technologies: LibreOffice. Vendors: LibreOffice.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-63270 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-63270 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-63270?
Informational severity, published 5 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
LibreOffice before 26.2.5 and before 26.8.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-63270?
Yes: fixed in LibreOffice 26.2.5, LibreOffice 26.8.0. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-63270 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-63270?
Check whether you run LibreOffice at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • Fixed in: LibreOffice 26.2.5, LibreOffice 26.8.0

Technical details

URLs in XForms instance data and Calc CSV/SQL data providers can undergo environment variable and INI file value expansion, allowing internal scheme URLs to be processed and their expanded values transmitted to attacker-controlled servers. The vulnerability exists because an earlier fix for CVE-2024-12426 did not address all code paths where documents supply URLs. The fix restricts such internal scheme URLs when originating from document content.

Affected products

  • LibreOffice LibreOffice before 26.2.5 and before 26.8.0

Timeline

  • 2026-10-05: disclosed

References

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