CVE-2026-79992
Emacs: local shell command injection through the user field in emacs tramp
CVE-2026-79992 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6, released August 28, 2026. 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
0.0022
12th 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: 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.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| emacs · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs · RHEL 10 | 29.4-14.el10_2.3 | RHSA-2026:84591 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | RHSA-2026:80506 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | RHSA-2026:80507 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs · almalinux 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ALSA-2026:84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ALSA-2026:80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ALSA-2026:80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs · ol 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ELSA-2026-84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · ol 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ELSA-2026-80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · ol 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ELSA-2026-80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · opensuse-leap 16.0 | 30.2-160000.3.1 | OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21711-1 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| emacs · rocky 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | RLSA-2026:84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · rocky 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | RLSA-2026:80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · rocky 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | RLSA-2026:80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · sles 15.6 | 27.2-150400.3.37.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4893-1 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · sles 15.7 | 27.2-150400.3.37.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:4893-1 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs · sles 16.0 | 30.2-160000.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23589-1 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| emacs-common · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-common · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | RHSA-2026:80506 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-common · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | RHSA-2026:80507 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-common · almalinux 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ALSA-2026:84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-common · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ALSA-2026:80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-common · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ALSA-2026:80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-common · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-common · ol 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ELSA-2026-84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-common · ol 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ELSA-2026-80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-common · ol 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ELSA-2026-80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-common-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-common-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-debugsource · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-debugsource · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-devel · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | RHSA-2026:80506 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | RHSA-2026:80507 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · almalinux 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ALSA-2026:84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ALSA-2026:80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ALSA-2026:80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · ol 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ELSA-2026-84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · ol 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ELSA-2026-80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-filesystem · ol 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ELSA-2026-80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-gtk+x11 · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-gtk+x11-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | RHSA-2026:80506 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | RHSA-2026:80507 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · almalinux 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ALSA-2026:84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ALSA-2026:80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ALSA-2026:80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · ol 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ELSA-2026-84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · ol 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ELSA-2026-80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid · ol 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ELSA-2026-80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-lucid-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-nox · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | RHSA-2026:80506 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-nox · RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | RHSA-2026:80507 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-nox · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ALSA-2026:80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-nox · almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ALSA-2026:80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-nox · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-nox · ol 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ELSA-2026-80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-nox · ol 9 | 1:27.2-18.el9_8.2 | ELSA-2026-80507 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-nox-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-nw · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-nw · almalinux 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ALSA-2026:84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-nw · ol 10 | 1:29.4-14.el10_2.3 | ELSA-2026-84591 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-nw-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-pgtk · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-pgtk-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacs-terminal · RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | RHSA-2026:80506 | Oct 12, 2026 |
| emacs-terminal · almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ALSA-2026:80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacs-terminal · amzn 2023 | 1:28.2-3.amzn2023.0.11 | ALAS2023-2026-2147 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| emacs-terminal · ol 8 | 1:26.1-15.el8_10.2 | ELSA-2026-80506 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| emacsclient · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
| emacsclient-debuginfo · Fedora 43 | 1:30.2-11.fc43 | FEDORA-2026-6B1A89DFE6 | Aug 28, 2026 |
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