CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-96269
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
- Published
- 2026-09-22
- Last modified
- 2026-09-24
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- Weaknesses
- CWE-829
Description
GNU Emacs 28.1 through 31.1 allows arbitrary code execution upon opening a file, because an untrusted value of read-symbol-shorthands affects the intern and unintern functions. This affects the default configuration; no particular user settings are required to trigger it.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere weakness
References
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=80574#227 debbugs.gnu.org
- https://yhetil.org/emacs/jwvtsph1aoj.fsf-monnier+[email protected]/T/#m319545e835fb71d764bf868166632d4633167a75 yhetil.org
- https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2026-08-06-emacs-arbitrary-code-execution-returns.html eshelyaron.com
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/20/3 www.openwall.com