RHSA-2026:80506 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: emacs security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 12, 2026
Updated · November 2, 2026
Topic
An update for emacs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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):
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emacs: GNU Emacs: Heap over-read leading to information disclosure via crafted image (CVE-2026-77219)
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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.