VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-46483

CVSS score3.6 LOW
EPSS probability0.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescape(tartail) without the {special} flag, allowing a crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute shell commands in the user's context. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0479.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-78

Primary references