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high 7.8

CVE-2023-28617 json

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 na…

published 2023-03-19 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32285

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • emacs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:28.2+1-14
  • org-mode Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 9.5.2+dfsh-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28617

  • emacs Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:27.1+1-3ubuntu5.2
  • emacs Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2+esm1
  • emacs24 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 24.5+1-6ubuntu1.1+esm3
  • emacs25 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 25.2+1-6ubuntu0.1~esm2
  • org-mode Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 9.5.2+dfsh-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28617

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  • emacs RHEL 9 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-nox RHEL 9 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-lucid RHEL 9 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-common RHEL 9 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs-filesystem RHEL 9 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs RHEL 8 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-nox RHEL 8 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1
  • emacs-lucid RHEL 8 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:3189RHSA-2023:2074RHSA-2023:2010RHSA-2023:1958RHSA-2023:1931RHSA-2023:1930

  • emacs AlmaLinux 8 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2
  • emacs-nox AlmaLinux 8 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2
  • emacs-lucid AlmaLinux 8 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2
  • emacs-common AlmaLinux 8 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2
  • emacs-terminal AlmaLinux 8 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2
  • emacs-filesystem AlmaLinux 8 1:26.1-10.el8_8.2
  • emacs AlmaLinux 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1
  • emacs-nox AlmaLinux 9 1:27.2-8.el9_2.1

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:3104ALSA-2023:2626ALSA-2023:2074ALSA-2023:1930

  • emacs Rocky Linux 9 1:27.2-6.el9_1.1
  • emacs Rocky Linux 8 1:26.1-7.el8_7.1

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:2074RLSA-2023:1930

  • emacs CBL-Mariner 2.0 28.2-5

azure linux advisories AZL-25707

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-28617 updated cvss 7.8

emacs: command injection vulnerability in org-mode

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) emacs 26.1-7.el8_7.1, emacs-nox 26.1-7.el8_7.1, emacs-lucid 26.1-7.el8_7.1, emacs-common 26.1-7.el8_7.1, emacs-terminal 26.1-7.el8_7.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1930
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) emacs 27.2-6.el9_1.1, emacs-nox 27.2-6.el9_1.1, emacs-lucid 27.2-6.el9_1.1, emacs-common 27.2-6.el9_1.1, emacs-filesystem 27.2-6.el9_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:2074
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) emacs 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-nox 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-lucid 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-common 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-terminal 26.1-5.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1915
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) emacs 26.1-5.el8_1.1, emacs-nox 26.1-5.el8_1.1, emacs-lucid 26.1-5.el8_1.1, emacs-common 26.1-5.el8_1.1, emacs-terminal 26.1-5.el8_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:3189
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.2) emacs 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-nox 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-lucid 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-common 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-terminal 26.1-5.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1915
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) emacs 26.1-5.el8_4.1, emacs-nox 26.1-5.el8_4.1, emacs-lucid 26.1-5.el8_4.1, emacs-common 26.1-5.el8_4.1, emacs-terminal 26.1-5.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1958
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) emacs 26.1-7.el8_6.1, emacs-nox 26.1-7.el8_6.1, emacs-lucid 26.1-7.el8_6.1, emacs-common 26.1-7.el8_6.1, emacs-terminal 26.1-7.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1931
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) emacs 27.2-6.el9_0.1, emacs-nox 27.2-6.el9_0.1, emacs-lucid 27.2-6.el9_0.1, emacs-common 27.2-6.el9_0.1, emacs-filesystem 27.2-6.el9_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:2010
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v. 8.2) emacs 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-nox 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-lucid 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-common 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-terminal 26.1-5.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1915
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) emacs 26.1-7.el8_7.1, emacs-filesystem 26.1-7.el8_7.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1930
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v. 8.2) emacs 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-filesystem 26.1-5.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1915
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) emacs 26.1-5.el8_1.1, emacs-filesystem 26.1-5.el8_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:3189
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.2) emacs 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-filesystem 26.1-5.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1915
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.4) emacs 26.1-5.el8_4.1, emacs-filesystem 26.1-5.el8_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1958
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) emacs 26.1-7.el8_6.1, emacs-filesystem 26.1-7.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1931
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v. 8.2) emacs 26.1-5.el8_2.1, emacs-filesystem 26.1-5.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not evaluate untrusted Lisp or org-mode code.” RHSA-2023:1915
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 emacs, emacs-el, emacs-nox, emacs-common Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 emacs, emacs-el, emacs-nox, emacs-common, emacs-terminal, emacs-filesystem
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

Sources

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