# CVE-2023-2491: emacs-lucid: GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor CVE-2023-2491 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2023:2626, released May 9, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2491 - Priority: High - CVSS: 7.8 (Important) - EPSS: 0.0046 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: May 9, 2023 ## Description 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: Regression of CVE-2023-28617 fixes in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (CVE-2023-2491) 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 | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | emacs RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [RHSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ALSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs ol 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3104.md) | May 25, 2023 | | Linux | emacs ol 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ELSA-2023-2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-2626.md) | May 17, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-common RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-common RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [RHSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-common almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-common almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ALSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-common ol 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3104.md) | May 25, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-common ol 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ELSA-2023-2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-2626.md) | May 17, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-filesystem RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-filesystem RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [RHSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-filesystem almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-filesystem almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ALSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-filesystem ol 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3104.md) | May 25, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-filesystem ol 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ELSA-2023-2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-2626.md) | May 17, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-lucid RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-lucid RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [RHSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-lucid almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-lucid almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ALSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-lucid ol 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3104.md) | May 25, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-lucid ol 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ELSA-2023-2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-2626.md) | May 17, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-nox RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-nox RHEL 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [RHSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-nox almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-nox almalinux 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ALSA-2023:2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-2626.md) | May 9, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-nox ol 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3104.md) | May 25, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-nox ol 9 | 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1 | [ELSA-2023-2626](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-2626.md) | May 17, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-terminal RHEL 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [RHSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-terminal almalinux 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ALSA-2023:3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alsa-2023-3104.md) | May 16, 2023 | | Linux | emacs-terminal ol 8 | 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2 | [ELSA-2023-3104](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2023-3104.md) | May 25, 2023 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T06:59:42Z UTC. 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