RLSA-2026:80506

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:80506
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:80506.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:80506
Upstream
CVE (2)
Published
2026-10-13T12:00:56Z
Modified
2026-10-13T12:30:02Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Important: emacs security update
Details

GNU Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting text editor. It provides special code editing features, a scripting language (elisp), and the capability to read e-mail and news.

Security Fix(es):

  • emacs: GNU Emacs: Heap over-read leading to information disclosure via crafted image (CVE-2026-77219)

  • emacs: local shell command injection through the user field in emacs tramp (CVE-2026-79992)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Database specific
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    "license":  "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url":  "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory":  "RHSA-2026:80506"
}
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / emacs

Package

Name
emacs
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/emacs?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:26.1-15.el8_10.2
Database specific
Show details
{
    "yum_repository":  "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:80506.json"