OS Command Injection Affecting org-mode package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-ORGMODE-3367043
  • published24 Mar 2025
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 org-mode.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream org-mode package and not the org-mode package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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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