RHSA-2026:90887HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: emacs security update

Published
October 27, 2026
Last Modified
October 31, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-96269 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-96269 — emacs: GNU Emacs: Arbitrary code execution upon opening a file

🎯 Affected products44

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • emacs-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • emacs-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-common-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-common-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-common-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-common-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-debugsource-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-debugsource-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-debugsource-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-debugsource-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-filesystem-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10)
  • emacs-gtk+x11-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-gtk+x11-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-gtk+x11-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-gtk+x11-debuginfo-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-lucid-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
  • emacs-lucid-1:29.4-14.el10_2.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To mitigate this issue, users should avoid opening untrusted or suspicious files directly with GNU Emacs. Exercise caution when handling files from unknown sources or those with unexpected content, as opening them could lead to arbitrary code execution.

🔗 References (4)