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GLSA-202608-18 : GNU Emacs: Arbitrary code execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 338227

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202608-18 (GNU Emacs: Arbitrary code execution)

 A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Emacs. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All GNU Emacs 28 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-editors/emacs-28.2-r21:28 All GNU Emacs 29 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-editors/emacs-29.4-r9:29 All GNU Emacs 30 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-editors/emacs-30.2-r5:30

See Also

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=980616

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202608-18

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338227

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202608-18.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/20/2026

Updated: 8/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:emacs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2026