{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96269","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-25T08:47:25.654707631Z","published":"2026-09-22T21:17:35.150Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-96269"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-96269"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"emacs","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/emacs?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:28.2+1-15","1:28.2+1-15+deb12u1","1:28.2+1-15+deb12u2","1:28.2+1-15+deb12u3","1:28.2+1-15+deb12u4","1:28.2+1-16","1:29.1+1-1","1:29.1+1-2","1:29.1+1-3","1:29.1+1-4","1:29.1+1-5","1:29.1+1-5~bpo12+1","1:29.2+1-1","1:29.2+1-2","1:29.2+1-2~bpo12+1","1:29.3+1-1","1:29.3+1-2","1:29.3+1-2~bpo12+1","1:29.3+1-3","1:29.3+1-3~bpo12+1","1:29.4+1-1","1:29.4+1-2","1:29.4+1-2~bpo12+1","1:29.4+1-3","1:29.4+1-4","1:29.4+1-4~bpo12+1","1:29.4+1-5","1:29.4+1-6","1:29.4+1-6+alpha","1:30.1+1-1","1:30.1+1-2","1:30.1+1-3","1:30.1+1-3~bpo12+1","1:30.1+1-4","1:30.1+1-4~bpo12+1","1:30.1+1-5","1:30.1+1-5~bpo12+1","1:30.1+1-6","1:30.1+1-6~bpo12+1","1:30.1+1-7","1:30.1+1-8","1:30.1+1-9","1:30.2+1-1","1:30.2+1-10","1:30.2+1-11","1:30.2+1-2","1:30.2+1-3","1:30.2+1-4","1:30.2+1-5","1:30.2+1-6","1:30.2+1-7","1:30.2+1-8","1:30.2+1-9"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96269.json"}},{"package":{"name":"emacs","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/emacs?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:30.1+1-6+deb13u1"}]}],"versions":["1:30.1+1-6"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96269.json"}},{"package":{"name":"emacs","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/emacs?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:30.2+1-11"}]}],"versions":["1:30.1+1-6","1:30.1+1-7","1:30.1+1-8","1:30.1+1-9","1:30.2+1-1","1:30.2+1-10","1:30.2+1-2","1:30.2+1-3","1:30.2+1-4","1:30.2+1-5","1:30.2+1-6","1:30.2+1-7","1:30.2+1-8","1:30.2+1-9"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-96269.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"}]}