Emacs Security Update — AlmaLinux 8 (ALSA-2026:90800)
ALSA-2026:90800 updates GNU Emacs on AlmaLinux 8, fixing CVE-2026-96442 — arbitrary code execution (CWE-94) in the editor, rated CVSS 7.8. Update with dnf update emacs on any system where emacs is installed or available to shell users.
What this means under a SharedLicense license
Code-execution flaws in Emacs are reached through files and packages a user opens — on multi-user servers, one crafted file can hand the attacker that user's full shell privileges.
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-10-27
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):
* 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.
References:
Updated packages listed below:
| Architecture | Package | Checksum |
| aarch64 | emacs-common-26.1-15.el8_10.4.aarch64.rpm | 090ba54655713523f6f115e9677be64041c58f28bfed15de8824e33307c6f9ba |
| aarch64 | emacs-nox-26.1-15.el8_10.4.aarch64.rpm | 0d170cf1e535de07fe4252aee0def5618b3ab770d413325d1ad567015a79fe00 |
| aarch64 | emacs-26.1-15.el8_10.4.aarch64.rpm | a0e7d628d42073602b20d7b430f902823ae767e33e3a80ef8b0c8d066704cb7e |
| aarch64 | emacs-lucid-26.1-15.el8_10.4.aarch64.rpm | c1a742195788f49cd0e8725520a940c162c3bfdf51b647777e3885d0e3c5e891 |
| noarch | emacs-terminal-26.1-15.el8_10.4.noarch.rpm | 2d4d6cbadd9430e67d1a5b51e7f7668c431f9edd0e41437bc25a78f59349d7e8 |
| noarch | emacs-filesystem-26.1-15.el8_10.4.noarch.rpm | f6fd27d59953056cfe0ec1c870591b15dcd0ad93784f0df088f849d1fb3bea88 |
| ppc64le | emacs-26.1-15.el8_10.4.ppc64le.rpm | 1c3834c9c86f249070340c5817a2d08c4f1e8fa999cd77b198d8da11ebd4440a |
| ppc64le | emacs-lucid-26.1-15.el8_10.4.ppc64le.rpm | 62faa82fd3a267ab645e1085c6b87a64d4d250a188031dbe3ad07ecdaf789313 |
| ppc64le | emacs-nox-26.1-15.el8_10.4.ppc64le.rpm | 74e2d5fc653849df1e85b392a27083764abf7ed46045cb9c58718338f5ff4af1 |
| ppc64le | emacs-common-26.1-15.el8_10.4.ppc64le.rpm | bf2c8397da959be1d8fb5839cd9a826cfb1e84b5b60db5a9930cc382f7f47965 |
| s390x | emacs-common-26.1-15.el8_10.4.s390x.rpm | 3b5596ce42f176fa11fb544c0a63b10d467093795032ac2341528b12d61c0a75 |
| s390x | emacs-26.1-15.el8_10.4.s390x.rpm | 5955deb091de54667f44a4bf02029ad377272caf2ec4ca1fd6bd7eee6b35db6e |
| s390x | emacs-nox-26.1-15.el8_10.4.s390x.rpm | ab627cc0c216a6f853c364da27388caaebd565f65159c92665d50d93d460d92b |
| s390x | emacs-lucid-26.1-15.el8_10.4.s390x.rpm | ce65068fcbdf858d7ca50f81af8363a0e9a7b4793bfc23f3a9021c6c07905597 |
| x86_64 | emacs-common-26.1-15.el8_10.4.x86_64.rpm | 45aaca196bc4108c4677b98b65937baa44307b9e33bd36334b6dba8279bab539 |
| x86_64 | emacs-26.1-15.el8_10.4.x86_64.rpm | 6772fdcdea5baec0c9bb402c8a288a376e9e006f50d3c1cc65f1d718b1d5c970 |
| x86_64 | emacs-nox-26.1-15.el8_10.4.x86_64.rpm | 8cdc976ddf6e9ffdc3fed879797784f621eb695a0ff4bf11910d38aa4b411fe3 |
| x86_64 | emacs-lucid-26.1-15.el8_10.4.x86_64.rpm | b298f7d9cf5262be31e6a569424eed33e823290808b3ac6800d265935e70991a |
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.
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