Upstream information

CVE-2026-79992 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in Emacs TRAMP. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by processing maliciously crafted filenames. This occurs because TRAMP concatenates login arguments without proper sanitization, which are then passed to a local shell. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 7.8 7
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required Low None
User Interaction None Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1275927 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 emacs In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 emacs In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 emacs Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 emacs Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 emacs Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 emacs Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 emacs Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 emacs Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 emacs Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 emacs Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 emacs Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 emacs Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 emacs Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 emacs Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 emacs Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 emacs Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 emacs Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 emacs Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 emacs Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 emacs Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 emacs Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 emacs Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 emacs Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 emacs Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 emacs Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 emacs Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 emacs Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Aug 26 11:48:16 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Aug 26 16:55:06 2026