7.8

CVE-2023-2491: gnu emacs Command Injection

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2023:3104
Published 17-05-2023Last modified 22-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-2491 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Command Injection vulnerability in gnu emacs. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2023:2626

Timeline

  1. 17-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the "org-babel-execute:latex" function in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution. This CVE exists because of a CVE-2023-28617 security regression for the emacs package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat15 products
Gnu1 product
  • emacs26.1-9.el8 | 27.2-8.el9

2 vendors · 16 products

References

8 links