Emacs: shell injection vulnerability in gnu emacs via custom "man" uri scheme

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    "title": "Emacs: shell injection vulnerability in gnu emacs via custom \"man\" uri scheme",
    "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.",
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              "type": "GIT",
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      "modified": "2026-10-31T10:30:55.502755091Z",
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        "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
        "https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=66390",
        "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/",
        "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=820f0793f0b46448928905552726c1f1b999062f",
        "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-30.1",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00033.html",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1915",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1917",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1961",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1962",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1963",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1964",
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        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2157",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 404303,
  "published_at": "2025-02-12T14:27:45.707+00:00"
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