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High ALAS2023-2026-2147 3 CVEs

Important: emacs security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Sep 14, 2026 · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-96269: 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. CVE-2026-79992: A flaw was found in Emacs TRAMP. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by processing maliciously crafted filenames. This occurs because TRAMP concatenates login arguments without proper sanitization, which are then passed to a local shell. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution. CVE-2026-77219: GNU Emacs before 31.0.91 contains an integer overflow in the PBM/PPM/PGM image loader that allows an attacker to leak heap memory contents by supplying a crafted image with large dimensions and an elevated max color index. The image loader multiplies image dimensions and channel count using signed integer arithmetic; for sufficiently large values, the result wraps to a negative number, bypassing the bounds check and causing the pixel reader to access heap memory past the end of the allocated buffer. The over-read contents are interpreted as pixel color values and rendered on screen.

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-common 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-common-debuginfo 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-debuginfo 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-debugsource 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-devel 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-filesystem 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-lucid 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-lucid-debuginfo 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-nox 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-nox-debuginfo 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11
Amazon Linux · 2023 emacs-terminal 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-77219.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-79992.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-96269.html