CVE-2026-96442

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2026-09-23 Modified: 2026-10-27 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

A code execution flaw was found in Emacs, affecting versions prior to 31.2. The Flymake mode using language backends other than Lisp would execute arbitrary code from the edited file while performing syntax checking. Viewing or editing untrusted files using Emacs could lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running Emacs.

Weakness Classification (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.20%
Raw Score 0.002010
Percentile 10.0%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00201
2026-10-28
0.00201

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →