CVE-2021-41830: Double Certificate Attack

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-10-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-347

Description

It is possible for an attacker to manipulate signed documents and macros to appear to come from a trusted source. All versions of Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.10 are affected. Users are advised to update to version 4.1.11. See CVE-2021-25633 for the LibreOffice advisory.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice: before 4.1.11 — fixed in 4.1.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice 4.1.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r97d287c88881aa581f1b18cb01e2cbedc4e6eae85958491acb89b12e%40%3Cusers.openoffice.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raaab8a3b91f8d7b7ba14f873b8d0fd13952c823acc3385b7a374e754%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r97d287c88881aa581f1b18cb01e2cbedc4e6eae85958491acb89b12e%40%3Cusers.openoffice.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/raaab8a3b91f8d7b7ba14f873b8d0fd13952c823acc3385b7a374e754%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

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