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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 defau…

Info
CVECVE-2026-96269
First seen2026-09-23 00:31 UTC
Disclosed2026-09-22 21:17 UTC
Last updated2026-09-23 00:31 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

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.

In-depth triage

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

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Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD