CVE-2026-79992
highA flaw was found in Emacs TRAMP.
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.
CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-08-25 18:18
Modified: 2026-11-05 00:17
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 1 hour ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-05 00:39 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80506 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:80507 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:84591 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79992 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523665 secalert@redhat.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/26/15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/11/1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/14/4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-05 00:39 UTC · record ↗