CVE-2026-79992

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CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p3

Published

Aug 25, 2026 (21d ago)

Modified

Aug 28, 2026

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.

Weakness: CWE-78
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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