CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-26306

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Published: Jul 25, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

LibreOffice supports the storage of passwords for web connections in the user’s configuration database. The stored passwords are encrypted with a single master key provided by the user. A flaw in LibreOffice existed where the required initialization vector for encryption was always the same which weakens the security of the encryption making them vulnerable if an attacker has access to the users configuration data. This issue affects: The Document Foundation LibreOffice 7.2 versions prior to 7.2.7; 7.3 versions prior to 7.3.1.

Weakness

The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libreoffice Libreoffice 7.2.0 (including) 7.2.7 (excluding)
Libreoffice Libreoffice 7.3.0 (including) 7.3.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat libreoffice-1:6.4.7.2-12.el8_7 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat libreoffice-1:7.1.8.1-8.el9_1 *
Libreoffice Ubuntu bionic *
Libreoffice Ubuntu focal *
Libreoffice Ubuntu trusty *
Libreoffice Ubuntu upstream *
Libreoffice Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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