---
id: CVE-2026-90631
title: >-
  Apache OpenOffice: Remote document loaded without prompt, possibiy leaking
  environment variables
summary: >-
  Apache OpenOffice documents can contain links. A missing Authorization
  vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice allowed an attacker to craft a document
  that would cause external links 

  to be loaded without prompt, possibly transferring the con…
severity: low
cvss: 3.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cvssSource: adp
cwe:
  - CWE-939
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
product: Apache OpenOffice
affected:
  - apache_openoffice <= 4.1.16
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-04T13:55:42.705587Z'
published: '2026-11-04'
updated: '2026-11-04'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-04T13:56:02.095Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90631'
references:
  - url: 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/j19rrk8jwrlg41tj6rfdcccj8cyyxhz9'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T20:33:06.744Z'
---

## Overview

Apache OpenOffice documents can contain links. A missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice allowed an attacker to craft a document that would cause external links 
to be loaded without prompt, possibly transferring the contents of environment variables in the process.



This issue affects Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.16.



Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.1.17, which fixes the issue.

## Affected

- `apache_openoffice <= 4.1.16`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.