CVE-2026-96269ImportantRevised 13 Oct

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.

MSRC advisory NVD CVE.org

Assessment

Severity: Important
CVSS base score: Not published
Impact: Not stated
EPSS, next 30 days: Not scored yet
Public exploit code: No Nuclei template lists it
Exploitability: Not assessed
Publicly disclosed: No
Customer action: Required: apply the update
Component: Mariner
Weakness: CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Issued by: mitre
Published: 24 Sep 2026 · September 2026
Last revised: 13 Oct 2026Information published.

Updates that fix it

0 KBs

No KB listed

MSRC lists no downloadable update, which usually means a service-side fix or a release-notes update. Check the MSRC advisory.

Affected products

1 affected product

azl3 emacs 29.4-6 on Azure Linux 3.0

What changed

First observed 14 Oct 2026

14 Oct 2026 Source coverage: msrc-cvrfIncomplete → Current

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