CVE-2026-96269: CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in GNU Emacs
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.
CVE-2026-96269: CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in GNU Emacs
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.
CVSS v4.0
Score 7.5high
Affected software
GNU
Emacs
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- mitre
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-22T20:32:40.413Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab2e99cf7a7c54106c1e9a7
Added to database: 09/22/2026, 20:48:28 UTC
Last updated: 09/22/2026, 20:48:28 UTC
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