CVE-2022-45939EPSS p45.7%
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 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.64% probability of exploitation · percentile 45.7% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |