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CVE-2024-30202

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

In Emacs before 29.3, arbitrary Lisp code is evaluated as part of turning on Org mode. This affects Org Mode before 9.6.23.

Affected products

• GNU Emacs: before 29.3 — fixed in 29.3
• GNU Org Mode: before 9.6.23 — fixed in 9.6.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU Emacs 29.3; GNU Org Mode 9.6.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=befa9fcaae29a6c9a283ba371c3c5234c7f644eb
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=003ddacf1c8d869b1858181c29ea21b731a8d8d9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/08/6
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=befa9fcaae29a6c9a283ba371c3c5234c7f644eb
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29
• https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=003ddacf1c8d869b1858181c29ea21b731a8d8d9

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