CVE-2026-79992

high

Description

A flaw was found in Emacs TRAMP. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by processing maliciously crafted filenames. This occurs because TRAMP concatenates login arguments without proper sanitization, which are then passed to a local shell. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523665

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79992

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/26/15

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-25

Updated: 2026-08-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0013