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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : emacs (SUSE-SU-2026:4594-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 369260

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4594-1 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 due to incomplete fix for CVE (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?c37f034b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 369260

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4594-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.4

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:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:emacs-el, 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: 10/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-96442

IAVA: 2026-A-1122

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4594-1