CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-79992

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 25, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-79992 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Oct 13, 2026

Release Notes

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Sep 5, 2026

See the Microsoft Security Update Guide for the update that applies to your product.

Vendor-listed releases

29.4-5

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2026-79992?

A flaw was found in Emacs TRAMP. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by processing maliciously crafted filenames.

This occurs because TRAMP concatenates login arguments without proper sanitization, which are then passed to a local shell. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Source: NVD