RHSA-2023:3189 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: emacs security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · May 18, 2023
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for emacs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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: command injection vulnerability in org-mode (CVE-2023-28617)
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.