ALSA-2026:90800: Important: emacs security update

Published Oct 27, 2026
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Updated

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: Emacs: arbitrary code execution in Flymake mode (CVE-2026-96442)

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.

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
almalinux/emacs<1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
almalinux/emacs-common<1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
almalinux/emacs-filesystem<1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
almalinux/emacs-lucid<1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
almalinux/emacs-nox<1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
almalinux/emacs-terminal<1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
1:26.1-15.el8_10.4

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/emacs to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/emacs-common to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/emacs-filesystem to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/emacs-lucid to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/emacs-nox to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1:26.1-15.el8_10.4
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade almalinux/emacs-terminal to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1:26.1-15.el8_10.4

Event History

Oct 27, 2026
Advisory Published
via OSV·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via OSV·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

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