Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave() in the netrw plugin (runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/a…
High CVSS 8.8
Summary
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave() in the netrw plugin (runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim) when serializing browsed directory paths to the history file ~/.vim/.netrwhist. A directory name derived from the filesystem is interpolated into a single-quoted Vimscript string literal without escaping embedded single quotes, allowing a crafted directory name to break out of the…
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Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f08ab2f4d7d2947c8dd6c179ae08ee6146a2694b Patch
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0495 Product
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-crm5-rh6j-2c7c Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38509
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38510
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38511
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47162
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487964
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47162.json
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD