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SUSE SLES16: emacs / emacs-el / emacs-eln / emacs-info / emacs-nox / emacs-x11 / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:23949-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 362579

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:23949-1 advisory.

 This update for emacs fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-96442: arbitrary code execution when viewing or editing untrusted text files in modes other than Emacs Lisp mode (bsc#1282390).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1282390

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96442

http://www.nessus.org/u?56355215

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 362579

File Name: suse_SU-2026-23949-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.37

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-96442

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:emacs-eln, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:emacs-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:emacs-nox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:emacs-x11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:emacs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:etags

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96442

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:23949-1