SUSE · security update for emacs
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 47% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 25 Mar 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Red Hatredhat/emacspkg:rpm/redhat/emacsOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated Emacs packages (version 26.1-12.el8_10) that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official security updates promptly to remediate the issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Description
Multiple security vulnerabilities were identified in GNU Emacs as packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. These include Gnus treating inline MIME contents as trusted, Org mode considering contents of remote files as trusted, and unsafe evaluation of arbitrary Elisp code via org-link-expand-abbrev. These issues could lead to execution of untrusted code or improper trust assumptions within Emacs features. Red Hat has released updated packages to address these vulnerabilities in Emacs version 26.1-12.el8_10 across various architectures.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6987 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280296 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280298 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293942 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2024/rhsa-2024_6987.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2024_9302.json (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/suse-liberty-linux-updates/2024-November/000532.html (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-30203/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-30204/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-30205/ (opens in a new tab)