CVE-2023-28617
emacs: GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor
CVE-2023-28617 is fixed in 23 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28617, released March 19, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0047
40th percentile
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: command injection vulnerability in org-mode (CVE-2023-28617) 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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| elpa-org · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.5.2+dfsh-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | elpa-org 9.5.2+dfsh-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) | 1:27.1+1-3.1+deb11u6 | DLA-4069-1 | Feb 27, 2025 |
| emacs · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 1:28.2+1-14 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28617 | Mar 19, 2023 |
| emacs · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 1:28.2+1-14 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28617 | Mar 19, 2023 |
| emacs · Debian 14 | 1:28.2+1-14 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28617 | Mar 19, 2023 |
| emacs · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | RHSA-2023:1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | RHSA-2023:2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | emacs 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | emacs 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | ALSA-2023:3104 | May 16, 2023 |
| emacs · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | ALSA-2023:2626 | May 9, 2023 |
| emacs · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs · ol 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | ELSA-2023-1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs · ol 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | ELSA-2023-2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs · rocky 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | RLSA-2023:1930 | Apr 26, 2023 |
| emacs · rocky 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | RLSA-2023:2074 | May 5, 2023 |
| emacs-bin-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | emacs-bin-common 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-bin-common · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | emacs-bin-common 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-common · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | RHSA-2023:1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-common · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | RHSA-2023:2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs-common · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | emacs-common 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-common · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | emacs-common 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-common · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | ALSA-2023:3104 | May 16, 2023 |
| emacs-common · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | ALSA-2023:2626 | May 9, 2023 |
| emacs-common · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-common · ol 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | ELSA-2023-1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-common · ol 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | ELSA-2023-2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs-common-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-el · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | emacs-el 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-el · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | emacs-el 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-filesystem · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | RHSA-2023:1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-filesystem · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | RHSA-2023:2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs-filesystem · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | ALSA-2023:3104 | May 16, 2023 |
| emacs-filesystem · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | ALSA-2023:2626 | May 9, 2023 |
| emacs-filesystem · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-filesystem · ol 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | ELSA-2023-1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-filesystem · ol 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | ELSA-2023-2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs-gtk · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | emacs-gtk 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-gtk · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | emacs-gtk 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-lucid · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | RHSA-2023:1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-lucid · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | RHSA-2023:2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs-lucid · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | emacs-lucid 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-lucid · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | emacs-lucid 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-lucid · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | ALSA-2023:3104 | May 16, 2023 |
| emacs-lucid · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | ALSA-2023:2626 | May 9, 2023 |
| emacs-lucid · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-lucid · ol 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | ELSA-2023-1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-lucid · ol 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | ELSA-2023-2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs-lucid-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-nox · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | RHSA-2023:1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-nox · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | RHSA-2023:2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs-nox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | emacs-nox 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-nox · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | emacs-nox 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs-nox · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | ALSA-2023:3104 | May 16, 2023 |
| emacs-nox · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | ALSA-2023:2626 | May 9, 2023 |
| emacs-nox · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-nox · ol 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | ELSA-2023-1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-nox · ol 9 | 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1 | ELSA-2023-2074 | May 2, 2023 |
| emacs-nox-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-terminal · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | RHSA-2023:1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs-terminal · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | ALSA-2023:3104 | May 16, 2023 |
| emacs-terminal · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2023-147 | Mar 30, 2023 |
| emacs-terminal · ol 8 | 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1 | ELSA-2023-1930 | Apr 24, 2023 |
| emacs25 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | emacs25 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs25-bin-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | emacs25-bin-common 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs25-common · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | emacs25-common 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs25-el · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | emacs25-el 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs25-lucid · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | emacs25-lucid 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| emacs25-nox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | emacs25-nox 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2 | Jun 23, 2024 |
| org-mode · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 9.5.2+dfsh-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28617 | Mar 19, 2023 |
| org-mode · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 9.5.2+dfsh-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28617 | Mar 19, 2023 |
| org-mode · Debian 14 | 9.5.2+dfsh-5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28617 | Mar 19, 2023 |
| org-mode · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 9.5.2+dfsh-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | org-mode 9.5.2+dfsh-4ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Jun 23, 2024 |
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