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CVE-2024-30205
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% 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-494
Description
In Emacs before 29.3, Org mode considers contents of remote files to be trusted. This affects Org Mode before 9.6.23.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 10.0
- 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
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=2bc865ace050ff118db43f01457f95f95112b877
- 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=4255d5dcc0657915f90e4fba7e0a5514cced514d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00024.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/25/2
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-29&id=2bc865ace050ff118db43f01457f95f95112b877
- 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=4255d5dcc0657915f90e4fba7e0a5514cced514d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00024.html
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