OS Command Injection Affecting emacs package, versions <1:28.2+1-14


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-EMACS-18610765
  • published11 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Mar 2023

Introduced: 19 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28617  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest emacs to version 1:28.2+1-14 or higher.

NVD Description

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

org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el in Org Mode through 9.6.1 for GNU Emacs allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters.

CVSS Base Scores

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