ALSA-2026:80506

Vulnerability from osv_almalinux – Published: 2026-10-12 00:00 – Updated: 2026-10-13 09:22 – Source website
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Summary
Important: emacs security update
Details

GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news.

Security Fix(es):

  • emacs: GNU Emacs: Heap over-read leading to information disclosure via crafted image (CVE-2026-77219)
  • emacs: local shell command injection through the user field in emacs tramp (CVE-2026-79992)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
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  "id": "ALSA-2026:80506",
  "modified": "2026-10-13T09:22:08Z",
  "published": "2026-10-12T00:00:00Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80506"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77219"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79992"
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2521196"
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    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2523665"
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      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-80506.html"
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  "summary": "Important: emacs security update"
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