Description
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=8f8ec2ccf3f5ef8f38d68ec84a7e4739c45db485
Mailing List, Patch
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=a8006ea580ed74f27f974d60b598143b04ad1741
Various Sources
https://list.orgmode.org/tencent_04CF842704737012CCBCD63CD654DD41CA0A%40qq.com/T/#m6ef8e7d34b25fe17b4cbb655b161edce18c6655e
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00008.html
Mailing List mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00019.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
16.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/org_mode
< 9.6.1
Published
Mar 19, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026