Security
Security
A vulnerability has been found in GNU Emacs and org-mode which could result in arbitrary code execution.
| Package | app-editors/emacs on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 26.3-r19 < 27.2-r17 < 28.2-r13 < 29.3-r3 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 26.3-r19 >= 27.2-r17 >= 28.2-r13 >= 29.3-r3 |
| Package | app-emacs/org-mode on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 9.7.5 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 9.7.5 |
GNU Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. org-mode is an Emacs mode for notes and project planning.
%(...) link abbreviations could specify unsafe functions.
Opening a malicious org-mode file could result in arbitrary code execution.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All GNU Emacs users should upgrade to the latest version according to the installed slot, one of:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-26.3-r19:26"
Alternatively:
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-27.2-r17:27"
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-28.2-r13:28"
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/emacs-29.3-r3:29"
All org-mode users should upgrade to the latest package:
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emacs/org-mode-9.7.5"
Release date
September 22, 2024
Latest revision
August 20, 2026: 2
Severity
high
Exploitable
local
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