High severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2026· Updated Sep 24, 2026
CVE-2026-96269
CVE-2026-96269
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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Affected products
6- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/emacspkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-filesystempkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-lucidpkg:rpm/almalinux/emacs-nw
< 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1:29.4-14.el10_2.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
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