High 7.1Published Aug 18, 2026

CVE-2026-73073Vim: Arbitrary Ex Command Execution in C Omni-Completion

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 07:50 UTC)

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Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0845, StructMembers() in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim constructs and executes a vimgrep command using an insufficiently escaped typeref: or typename: value from a tags file, allowing an unterminated collection followed by a command separator to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands when a user invokes C omni-completion with CTRL-X CTRL-O on a member access whose type is resolved from that tags file. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0845.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94, CWE-829
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vim vim vim:vim (from the name)	before 9.2.0845	CNA record
vim vim vim:vim	before 9.2.0845	NVD

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-cx73-phcg-3j5gx-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2f628d8104958fa7421664f792ca6d4f7a39a10fx-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0845x-refsource-misc, product

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