CVE-2026-96269

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 92% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 22, 2026

Last Modified

September 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

#80574 - 31.0.50; `intern` should not depend on the current-buffer - GNU bug report logs

https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=80574#227
generic

bug#80574: 31.0.50; `intern` should not depend on the current-buffer

https://yhetil.org/emacs/[email protected]/T/#m319545e835fb71d764bf868166632d4633167a75

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-96269(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-24 02:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 02:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 01:57 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-24 01:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-23 23:55 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-23 23:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-23 10:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-22 21:33 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-22 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-22 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-22 20:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-96269?
CVE-2026-96269 is a high vulnerability published on September 22, 2026. 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.
When was CVE-2026-96269 disclosed?
CVE-2026-96269 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 22, 2026, with the most recent update on September 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-96269 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-96269 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 91.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-96269?
CVE-2026-96269 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-96269?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-96269, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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