Cyber999 Advisories

21 October 2026     Advisory

Actively Exploited Vulnerability in ONLYOFFICE Docs (Document Server)


1.0 Introduction

Recently, a path traversal vulnerability in ONLYOFFICE Docs (CVE-2021-3199) is being exploited in the wild.

2.0 Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions and trigger remote code execution on the targeted system, through a specially crafted request to the upload function when JWT is used. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8. This may lead to execution of arbitrary code, unauthorised access to sensitive documents and system compromise.

3.0 Affected Products

  • ONLYOFFICE Docs (Document Server), versions earlier than 5.6.3.

4.0 Recommendation

CyberSecurity Malaysia encourages users and administrators to review the following advisories and apply the necessary updates. Organisations are advised to upgrade to the latest supported ONLYOFFICE Docs release, and to restrict access to Document Server from untrusted networks until the update is applied.

Kindly refer to the following URL:

  • https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/blob/903fe5ab7a275bd69c3c3346af2d21cf87ebeabf/CHANGELOG.md#563

Generally, we advise users to be updated with the latest security announcements by the vendor and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.

For further enquiries, please contact Cyber999 Incident Response Centre through the following channels:

E-mail: cyber999[at]cybersecurity.my
Phone: 1-300-88-2999 (monitored during business hours)
Mobile: +60 19 2665850 (24x7 call incident reporting)
Business Hours: Mon - Fri 08:30 -17:30 MYT
Web:
https://www.cybersecurity.my

5.0 References

  • https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/blob/903fe5ab7a275bd69c3c3346af2d21cf87ebeabf/CHANGELOG.md#563


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