# CVE-2026-90631: Apache OpenOffice: Remote document loaded without prompt, possibiy leaking environment variables

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-04. Updated: 2026-11-04.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Apache Software Foundation / Apache OpenOffice (apache.org/openoffice): ≥ 0; ≤ 4.1.16 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: apache

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-939

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/j19rrk8jwrlg41tj6rfdcccj8cyyxhz9 (CNA: apache; vendor-advisory)

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/03/30 (ADP: CVE)

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/j19rrk8jwrlg41tj6rfdcccj8cyyxhz9 (security@apache.org)

## Provenance

- CNA: apache: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90631; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90631; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-04

Revision: 6a70d7fc65ba0aed8a7a74ea15693203f49f43158d596ed2b0fd828576095c81

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-90631

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