Upstream information

CVE-2023-28617 at MITRE

Description

org-babel-execute:latex in ob-latex.el in Org Mode through 9.6.1 for GNU Emacs allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a file name or directory name that contains shell metacharacters.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
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No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • emacs >= 26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-common >= 26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-filesystem >= 26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-lucid >= 26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-nox >= 26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-terminal >= 26.1-7.el8_7.1
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2023:1930
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • emacs >= 27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-common >= 27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-filesystem >= 27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-lucid >= 27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-nox >= 27.2-6.el9_1.1
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2023:2074

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun Mar 19 05:00:19 2023
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:46:11 2025