CVE-2023-28617

emacs: command injection vulnerability in org-mode

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 19, 2023

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in the Emacs text editor. Processing a specially crafted org-mode code with the function org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el can result in arbitrary command execution.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')