{"id":"CVE-2023-2491","details":"A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the \"org-babel-execute:latex\" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.","modified":"2026-05-04T08:40:57.984317Z","published":"2023-05-17T22:15:10.997Z","withdrawn":"2026-05-04T08:40:57.984317Z","related":["ALSA-2023:2626","ALSA-2023:3104"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2626"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3104"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2192873"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-2491.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"26.1-9.el8"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"27.2-8.el9"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.8"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.2"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.8"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"9.2"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"8.8"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}