CVE-2026-41411

Published Apr 24, 2026

Last updated 2 days ago

Overview

Description
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.
Source
security-advisories@github.com
NVD status
Analyzed
Products
vim

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.6
Impact score
4.7
Exploitability score
1.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-78

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations