Bug 2539107

Summary:	CVE-2026-96269 emacs: GNU Emacs: Arbitrary code execution upon opening a file [fedora-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Vladimir Vasilev <vvasilev>
Component:	emacs	Assignee:	Daiki Ueno <dueno>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	benson_muite, dan.cermak, dueno, gordon.messmer, marcandre.lureau, mavit, msekleta, phracek
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Description Vladimir Vasilev 2026-09-23 07:42:12 UTC

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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.

Comment 1 Peter Oliver 2026-09-24 12:02:49 UTC

It is my understanding that this is already fixed on all current Fedora branches (e.g., https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/emacs/c/34f2c1438b33a8034ff7b677788dec2e31dcf8af?branch=rawhide).  Please reopen if you believe that this is not the case.