High 8.6Published Aug 11, 2026

CVE-2026-73078Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Netrw Menu Construction

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:50 UTC)

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Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu commands. s:NetrwBookmarkMenu(), s:NetrwTgtMenu(), g:netrw_menu_escape, EX_TRLBAR, and netrw#MakeTgt() fail to neutralize the | command separator or single quotes at five construction sites, allowing a crafted path browsed or bookmarked in GUI Vim to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0840.

CVSS: 8.6 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-77, CWE-184
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 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vim vim vim:vim (from the name)	before 9.2.0840	CNA record
vim vim vim:vim	before 9.2.0840	NVD

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-rcr7-f3wr-22r2x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/29c6fd090d4520592f8be7d9ec81190edf25ef69x-refsource-misc, patch

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