RHSA-2024:4971MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: emacs security update

Published
August 1, 2024
Last Modified
September 23, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2024-39331 →

📋 Description

CVE-2024-39331 — emacs: org-link-expand-abbrev: Do not evaluate arbitrary unsafe Elisp code

🎯 Affected products69

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-common-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6)
  • emacs-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
  • emacs-debuginfo-1:26.1-7.el8_6.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Do not open Org mode files or preview email attachments from untrusted sources.

🔗 References (4)