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CVE-2026-96442

7.8 high SSVC exploitation: none Published

A code execution flaw was found in Emacs, affecting versions prior to 31.2. The Flymake mode using language backends other than Lisp would execute arbitrary code from the edited file while performing syntax checking. Viewing or editing untrusted files using Emacs could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Emacs.

Fix

Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.

Change history 8

  1. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-27 21:52
  2. References+1 references (now 8)NVD modified 2026-10-27 22:19
  3. StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-27 22:19
  4. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 23:12
  5. References+1 references (now 7)NVD modified 2026-10-20 00:19
  6. StatusPublished → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-20 00:19
  7. StatusAwaiting Analysis → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-19 04:32
  8. First seenCVSS 7.8NVD modified 2026-10-19 05:17

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 8