| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-6468-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| emacs (PTS) | bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4 | vulnerable |
| trixie (security), trixie | 1:30.1+1-6+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 1:30.2+1-11 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| emacs | source | trixie | 1:30.1+1-6+deb13u1 | DSA-6468-1 | ||
| emacs | source | (unstable) | 1:30.2+1-11 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/20/3
https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2026-08-06-emacs-arbitrary-code-execution-returns.html
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=80574#227
Mitigated by: https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?h=emacs-31&id=8466eb44991707d128110bdc549fad14c8e1d61e
Fixed by: https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=c1337758a6c00e22e2a685e0556068fd73fa9a54