<div class="container">
<h1>Security update for emacs</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:4594-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-10-08T14:24:33Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282390">bsc#1282390</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96442.html">CVE-2026-96442</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-96442</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-96442</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-96442</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for emacs fixes the following issue:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-96442: arbitrary code execution when viewing or editing untrusted text files in modes other than Emacs Lisp
mode due to incomplete fix for CVE (bsc#1282390).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-4594</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-4594</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>emacs-nox-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-nox-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-x11-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debugsource-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>etags-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-debuginfo-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (noarch)
<ul>
<li>emacs-el-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
<li>emacs-info-27.2-150400.3.34.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96442.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96442.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282390">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282390</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>