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CVE-2023-28617

Published: Mar 19, 2023Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-78
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

org modegnuOSS Libraries
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxАО «НППКТ»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
EMACSThe GNU Project
Mixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
ао «нппкт»commercialRUOperating Systems
the gnu projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka gnu

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Execution
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References

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=8f8ec2ccf3f5ef8f38d68ec84a7e4739c45db485
git.savannah.gnu.org
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=a8006ea580ed74f27f974d60b598143b04ad1741
git.savannah.gnu.org
https://list.orgmode.org/tencent_04CF842704737012CCBCD63CD654DD41CA0A%40qq.com/T/#m6ef8e7d34b25fe17b4cbb655b161edce18c6655e
list.orgmode.org
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Timeline

Published
Mar 19, 2023
Last Updated
Nov 3, 2025

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