Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting emacs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-EMACS-20068196
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed22 Sept 2026

Introduced: 22 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-96269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:10 emacs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs package and not the emacs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1