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CVE-2025-1244VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE · security update for emacs

Affects SUSESource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 9.4.1 soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

Severity
High

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

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Feb 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/emacspkg:rpm/redhat/emacsOther threatsAffected
  • =9.4
  • <9.4.1
Fixed in
  • 9.4.1

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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

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