Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting vim package, versions <9.2.0498-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE324-VIM-17328816
  • published13 Jun 2026
  • disclosed11 Jun 2026

Introduced: 11 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-52858  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-95  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.24 vim to version 9.2.0498-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0561, the Python omni-completion script in python3complete.vim for Vim with the +python3 interpreter enabled (and the legacy pythoncomplete.vim for builds with the +python interpreter) executes the import and from statements found in the current buffer through Python's import machinery. Because the buffer's working directory is on sys.path, opening a hostile .py file with a sibling Python package and invoking omni-completion runs that package's top-level code as the editing user. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0561.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1