{
  "id": 12370558,
  "title": "LibreOffice and OpenOffice Flaws Let Malicious Spreadsheets Run Code Without Macro Warnings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/libreoffice-and-openoffice-flaws-let-malicious-spreadsheets-run-code",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-06T11:57:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/libreoffice-and-openoffice-flaws-let.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A malicious spreadsheet can make LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice run an attacker's code as soon as the file is opened, security researchers have shown. There is no warning first, of the kind either program shows before it runs a macro. The attack works only when the program's Java support is enabled. So far, it has only been shown as a proof of concept, and there are no reports of its use in",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}