USN-8011-1: emacs Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 04-02-2026Last modified 27-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

USN-8011-1 is a vulnerability in emacs Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 04-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

emacs vulnerabilities It was discovered that Emacs could trigger unsafe Lisp macro expansion, when a user invoked elisp-completion-at-point on untrusted Emacs Lisp source code. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-53920) It was discovered that Emacs did not properly sanitize input when handling certain URI schemes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary shell commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted URL. (CVE-2025-1244)

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • emacs< 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm2 | < 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2+esm1 | < 1:29.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm3

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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