PT-2026-34449 · Gnu · Gnu Emacs

Published 2026-04-22 · Updated 2026-05-03 · CVE-2026-6861

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Emacs (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory corruption issue exists when processing specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) data. A local user could exploit this by convincing a victim to open a malicious SVG file, potentially leading to a denial of service (DoS) or information disclosure.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-193

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-6861

OESA-2026-2129

OESA-2026-2130

OESA-2026-2131

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10619-1

Affected Products

Gnu Emacs

References · 18

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6861 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2026-2131 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6861 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6861 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6861 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2026-2129 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-6861 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6861 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2026:10619-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2026-2130 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6861 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992 · Note
• https://openeuler.org/zh/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2026-2130 · Note
• https://debbugs.gnu.org/80851 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6861 · Note