Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting vim-enhanced-debuginfo package, versions <2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-VIMENHANCEDDEBUGINFO-19473531
  • published1 Sept 2026
  • disclosed11 Aug 2026

Introduced: 11 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-73078  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 vim-enhanced-debuginfo to version 2:9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-2108.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-enhanced-debuginfo package and not the vim-enhanced-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

version 3.1