Medium 6.6Published Apr 24, 2026

CVE-2026-41411Vim is an open source, command line text editor.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:30 UTC)

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Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0357, A command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file processing. When resolving a tag, the filename field from the tags file is passed through wildcard expansion to resolve environment variables and wildcards. If the filename field contains backtick syntax (e.g., `command`), Vim executes the embedded command via the system shell with the full privileges of the running user.

CVSS: 6.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vim vim vim:vim	before 9.2.0357	NVD

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c78194e41d5a0b05b0ddf383b6679b1503f977fbpatch
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0357product
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-cwgx-gcj7-6qh8patch, vendor-advisory

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