High 7.0Published May 15, 2026

CVE-2026-46483Vim is an open source, command line text editor.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:10 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 7.0 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78, CWE-88
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 9.2.0479	NVD

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3fb5e58fbc63d86a3e65f1a141b0d67af2aa38a1patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0479product
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-2fpv-9ff7-xg5wpatch, vendor-advisory

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