VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-47162

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.27%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-06-11
Last modified2026-09-18
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave() in the netrw plugin (runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim) when serializing browsed directory paths to the history file ~/.vim/.netrwhist. A directory name derived from the filesystem is interpolated into a single-quoted Vimscript string literal without escaping embedded single quotes, allowing a crafted directory name to break out of the string context and execute arbitrary Vimscript, including shell commands via system() and :!, the next time the history file is sourced. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0495.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-74
  • 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c: CWE-140

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