CVE-2022-45939EPSS p49.8%

CVE-2022-45939CVE-2022-45939

gnu / emacs

Description

GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags *" command (suggested in the ctags documentation) in a situation where the current working directory has contents that depend on untrusted input.

Scoring

CVSS 7.8 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.66% probability of exploitation · percentile 49.8% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-06-17
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