CVE-2024-39331
criticalIn Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-str…
Vendor / product: Gnu — emacs
In Emacs before 29.4, org-link-expand-abbrev in lisp/ol.el expands a %(...) link abbrev even when it specifies an unsafe function, such as shell-command-to-string. This affects Org Mode before 9.7.5.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2024-06-23 22:15
Modified: 2026-11-03 22:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 11 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-03 22:24 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
gnu / emacs <29.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29 cve@mitre.org
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f4cc61636947b5c2f0afc67174... cve@mitre.org
- https://list.orgmode.org/87sex5gdqc.fsf%40localhost/ cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00023.html cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00024.html cve@mitre.org
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2024-06/msg00000.html cve@mitre.org
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40768225 cve@mitre.org
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/23/1 cve@mitre.org
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/23/2 cve@mitre.org
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-29 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f4cc61636947b5c2f0afc67174... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://list.orgmode.org/87sex5gdqc.fsf%40localhost/ af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00023.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00024.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu-emacs/2024-06/msg00000.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40768225 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/23/1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/23/2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-03 22:24 UTC · record ↗