CVE-2026-6861A flaw was found in GNU Emacs.
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A flaw was found in GNU Emacs. This vulnerability, a memory corruption issue, occurs when Emacs processes 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, which may lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potentially information disclosure.
- CVSS
- 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-193
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
gnu emacs gnu:emacs | from 28.1 through 30.2 | NVD |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6861third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2459992issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
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