High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-2491
CVE-2023-2491
Description
A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.
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Affected products
18cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Emacs/Emacs text editordescription
- Range: 8.8, 9.2
- osv-coords6 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/emacspkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-filesystempkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-lucidpkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-noxpkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-terminal
< 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2
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References
4- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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