What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-96269

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-22 · updated 2026-09-24
• Weakness: CWE-829

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.

Affected products

• GNU Emacs: from 28.1 through 31.1

References

• https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=80574#227
• https://yhetil.org/emacs/jwvtsph1aoj.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org/T/#m319545e835fb71d764bf868166632d4633167a75
• https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2026-08-06-emacs-arbitrary-code-execution-returns.html
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/20/3

Get alerted when CVE-2026-96269 or the next vulnerability affects your stack