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: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (CISA-ADP) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • emacs >= 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-common >= 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-filesystem >= 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-lucid >= 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-nox >= 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-terminal >= 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2023:1930 (x86_64)
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • emacs >= 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-common >= 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-filesystem >= 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-lucid >= 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-nox >= 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2023:2074 (x86_64)

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun Mar 19 05:00:19 2023
CVE page last modified: Sat Sep 19 12:06:54 2026