Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-6861
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products4
- azl3 emacs 29.4-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 emacs 29.4-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 emacs 29.4-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 emacs 29.4-3 on CBL-Mariner 2.0
✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 2 updates
2 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.
| KB article | Update | Fixed build |
|---|---|---|
| — | Security Update | — |
| — | Security Update | 29.4-4 |
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-6861
- EchelonGraph score
- 7.1 HIGH
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
A flaw was found in GNU Emacs. This vulnerability, a memory corruption issue, occurs when Emacs processes specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) data. A local user could exploit this by convincing a victim to open a malicious SVG file, which may lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potentially information disclosure.
Published by Red Hat, Inc., the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-6861, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).