Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting emacs-filesystem package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-EMACSFILESYSTEM-20101906
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed14 Sept 2026

Introduced: 14 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-96442  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 emacs-filesystem.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream emacs-filesystem package and not the emacs-filesystem package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A code execution flaw was found in Emacs, affecting versions prior to 31.2. The Flymake mode using language backends other than Lisp would execute arbitrary code from the edited file while performing syntax checking. Viewing or editing untrusted files using Emacs could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Emacs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1