vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. An attacker could craft a malicious tags file that, when processed by Vim's C omni-completion feature, leads to insufficient escaping of input. This vulnerability allows for the execution of arbitrary Ex commands and, subsequently,...

CVE-2026-59858

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0735, the C omni-completion script in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim interpolates the typeref: or typename: extension field of a tags entry, without escaping, into a :vimgrep pattern that is run through :execute. Because :vimgrep honor...

vim: arbitrary code execution in commands: K, Control-], g]

Vim 3.0 through 7.x before 7.2.010 does not properly escape characters, which allows user-assisted attackers to 1 execute arbitrary shell commands by entering a K keystroke on a line that contains a ";" semicolon followed by a command, or execute arbitrary Ex commands by entering an argument afte...