vim: arbitrary command execution via modeline sandbox bypass

A flaw was found in Vim. A modeline is used to set specific editor options directly from a text file. However, the complete, guitabtooltip, printheader options and the mapset function lack proper security checks, allowing an attacker to bypass restrictions and cause arbitrary OS command execution...

ALSA-2026:19073 Important: vim security update

Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: arbitrary command execution via modeline sandbox bypass CVE-2026-34982 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to...

CVE-2026-46483

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tarVimuntar in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescapetartail without the...

CVE-2026-46483

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tarVimuntar in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescapetartail without the...

CVE-2026-46483

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tarVimuntar in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescapetartail without the...

OESA-2026-2297 vim security update

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Securi...

SUSE CVE-2026-42307

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers, an attacker can execute arbitrary...

OESA-2026-2204 vim security update

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Securi...

OESA-2026-2203 vim security update

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Securi...

OESA-2026-2202 vim security update

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Securi...

CVE-2026-45130

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in readcompound in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file .spl with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-b...

ALPINE-CVE-2026-42307

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers, an attacker can execute arbitrary...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42307

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers, an attacker can execute arbitrary...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44656

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the pat...

CVE-2026-42307

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers, an attacker can execute arbitrary...

CVE-2026-45130

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in readcompound in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file .spl with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-b...

CVE-2026-45130 Vim: Heap Buffer Overflow in spell file loading

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in readcompound in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file .spl with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-b...

CVE-2026-44656 Vim: OS Command Injection via 'path' completion

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the pat...

CVE-2026-44656

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the pat...

CVE-2026-42307

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers, an attacker can execute arbitrary...