High [CVE-2025-1244] Emacs: shell injection vulnerability in gnu emacs via custom "man" uri scheme
This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2025-1244 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support.
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Summary
A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a vulnerable system.
Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; and 11 more.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Service; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Telecommunications Update Service; and 6 more.
- before 29.4.0
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 29.4.0. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
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