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CVE-2026-79992

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2026-08-25 Modified: 2026-11-11 First seen: 2026-11-02 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

A flaw was found in Emacs TRAMP. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by processing maliciously crafted filenames. This occurs because TRAMP concatenates login arguments without proper sanitization, which are then passed to a local shell. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (9)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80506
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80507
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:84591
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98574
vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523665
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.23%
Raw Score 0.002290
Percentile 13.8%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00229
2026-11-12
0.00229
2026-11-10
0.00219
2026-11-09
0.00219
2026-11-08
0.00219
2026-11-07
0.00219
2026-11-06
0.00219
2026-11-05
0.00219
2026-11-04
0.00219
2026-11-03
0.00219
2026-11-02
0.00219
2026-11-01
0.00219

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
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