CVE-2026-108976
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 11, 2026 at 08:11 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 05:25 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEmacs
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
GNU Emacs before 31.2 (and TRAMP through 2.8.2) allows OS command injection via a filename because tramp-user-regexp has an incomplete list of disallowed inputs. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-79992.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
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CVSS
7.8HIGHmitre
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-184
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