GNU Emacs: Arbitrary code execution

GNU Emacs: Arbitrary code execution A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Emacs which could lead to arbitrary code execution. emacs 2026-08-20 2026-08-20 980616 remote 28.2-r21 29.4-r9 30.2-r5 28 28.2-r21 29.4-r9 30.2-r5

GNU Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.

A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Emacs. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

An attacker could achieve arbitrary code execution by tricking a user into opening a file with malicious content. No other action by the user is required.

Avoid opening any untrusted files.

All GNU Emacs 28 users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-28.2-r21:28"

All GNU Emacs 29 users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-29.4-r9:29"

All GNU Emacs 30 users should upgrade to the latest version:


          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-30.2-r5:30"

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