Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Netrw Menu Construction

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-73078

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vi...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73078

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu...

CVE-2026-73078 Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Netrw Menu Construction

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu...

CVE-2026-73078 Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Netrw Menu Construction

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu...

CVE-2026-73078

Vim (open source editor) firmware prior to 9.2.0840 is vulnerable via the netrw menu construction. The vulnerability arises when netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and autoload/netrw.vim builds Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into :menu c...

CVE-2026-73078 Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Netrw Menu Construction

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu...

EUVD-2026-56234

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu...

PT-2026-70268

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 9.2.0840 Description In GUI Vim, the runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw, and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim creates Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries. The process interpolates...

Use-after-free error in nsCycleCollector::MarkRoots() — Mozilla

Security researcher wushi of team509 reported that the frame construction process for certain types of menus could result in a menu containing a pointer to a previously freed menu item. During the cycle collection process, this freed item could be accessed, resulting in the execution of a section...