Summary
GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news.
Security Fix(es):
* emacs: GNU Emacs: Arbitrary code execution upon opening a file (CVE-2026-96269)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 10 | emacs | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4 |
| AlmaLinux · 10 | emacs-common | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4 |
| AlmaLinux · 10 | emacs-filesystem | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4 |
| AlmaLinux · 10 | emacs-lucid | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4 |
| AlmaLinux · 10 | emacs-nw | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.5
GNU Emacs 28.1 through 31.1 allows arbitrary code execution upon opening a file, because an untrusted value of read-sym…