SUSE · security update for emacs
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 70% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 23 Jun 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
A security update is available from Red Hat and SUSE that addresses this vulnerability by preventing the unsafe evaluation of Elisp code in the org-link-expand-abbrev function. Users of affected Emacs versions distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related SUSE packages should apply the update as per the vendor's instructions. Refer to the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:6203 and the article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 for detailed update procedures. No additional mitigation is required beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A security update for GNU Emacs addresses a vulnerability in the org-link-expand-abbrev function that could allow evaluation of arbitrary unsafe Elisp code. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39331, affects certain versions of Emacs distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related SUSE packages. The issue has been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat. The update prevents unsafe code evaluation, mitigating the risk. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6203 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ (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_6203.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2026_20928-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-39331/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2024_6510.json (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/suse-liberty-linux-updates/2024-September/000023.html (opens in a new tab)