SUSE · security update for emacs
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 9.4.1 soon.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
- EPSS
- 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 85% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 9.4.1
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Feb 2025
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
Upgrade redhat/emacs to 9.4.1.
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 official patches for this vulnerability in Emacs packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and 9.4 Extended Update Support. Users should apply the updates as described in the Red Hat advisories (RHSA-2025:2195 and RHSA-2025:1915) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates fully mitigates the vulnerability. No additional action is required beyond patching.
Description
GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news. Security Fix(es): * emacs: Shell Injection Vulnerability in GNU Emacs via Custom "man" URI Scheme (CVE-2025-1244) * emacs: Shell Injection Vulnerability in GNU Emacs via Custom "man" URI Scheme [rhel-9.5.z] (CVE-2025-1244) Bug Fix(es): * Eliminate use of obsolete %patchN syntax [rhel-9.5.z] (JIRA:RHEL-80450) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2195 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345150 (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_2195.json (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1915 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1917 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1961 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1962 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1963 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1964 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2022 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2130 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2157 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2754 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1244 (opens in a new tab)
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=820f0793f0b46448928905552726c1f1b999062f (opens in a new tab)
- debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=66390 (opens in a new tab)
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-30.1 (opens in a new tab)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/01/2 (opens in a new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00033.html (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_1915.json (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_1917.json (opens in a new tab)
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_1961.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2025_1915.json (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/suse-liberty-linux-updates/2025-March/000915.html (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1244/ (opens in a new tab)