# CVE-2020-27604: BigBlueButton before 2.3 does not implement LibreOffice sandboxing.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-10-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

BigBlueButton before 2.3 does not implement LibreOffice sandboxing. This might make it easier for remote authenticated users to read the API shared secret in the bigbluebutton.properties file. With the API shared secret, an attacker can (for example) use api/join to join an arbitrary meeting regardless of its guestPolicy setting.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.golem.de/news/big-blue-button-das-grosse-blaue-sicherheitsrisiko-2010-151610.html
- https://docs.bigbluebutton.org/dev/api.html

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