CVE-2024-12426 URL fetching can be used to exfiltrate arbitrary INI file values and environment variables
Attackers can exfiltrate environment variables and INI file values by tricking users into opening documents with malicious URLs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-12426?
CVE-2024-12426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Exposure of Environmental Variables and arbitrary INI file values to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in The Document Foundation LibreOffice.
URLs could be constructed which expanded environmental variables or INI file values, so potentially sensitive information could be exfiltrated to a remote server on opening a document containing such links.
This issue affects LibreOffice: from 24.8 before < 24.8.4.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12426?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Libreoffice Libreoffice.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12426?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2024-12426 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12426 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-12426, GHSA-x7m8-vrfv-272v, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-12426.