CVE-2026-962697.5HighCWE-829

CVE-2026-96269: GNU Emacs vulnerability

GNU · Emacs

Affected: GNU Emacs · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

3rd percentile

050100

Higher than 3% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 4.0

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

GNU · Emacsfrom 28.1 up to and including 31.1

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere · Supply Chain and Malicious Code
Vendor: GNU
Published: September 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), September 2026

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