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CVE-2019-17400

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-918

Description

The unoconv package before 0.9 mishandles untrusted pathnames, leading to SSRF and local file inclusion.

Affected products

• Universal Office Converter Project Universal Office Converter: before 0.9 — fixed in 0.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Universal Office Converter Project Universal Office Converter 0.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://buer.haus/2019/10/18/a-tale-of-exploitation-in-spreadsheet-file-conversions/
• https://github.com/unoconv/unoconv/pull/510
• https://buer.haus/2019/10/18/a-tale-of-exploitation-in-spreadsheet-file-conversions/
• https://github.com/unoconv/unoconv/pull/510

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