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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-27603

BigBlueButton before 2.2.27 has an unsafe JODConverter setting in which LibreOffice document conversions can access external files.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-27603

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2020, 15:15 UTC

BigBlueButton before 2.2.27 has an unsafe JODConverter setting in which LibreOffice document conversions can access external files.

osv:CVE-2020-27603
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "BigBlueButton before 2.2.27 has an unsafe JODConverter setting in which LibreOffice document conversions can access external files.",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.789801702Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  "document_id": 434067,
  "published_at": "2020-10-21T15:15:26.89+00:00"
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