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CVE-2026-96269 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2026-08-06-emacs-arbitrary-code-execution-returns.html CVE
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/20/3 CVE
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=80574#227 [email protected]
https://yhetil.org/emacs/[email protected]/T/#m319545e835fb71d764bf868166632d4633167a75 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-829Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere[email protected]

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-96269
NVD Published Date:
Sep 22, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Sep 24, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2026-96269 Details - Not Deferred