OS Command Injection Affecting vim package, versions <9.2.0500-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-VIM-17140064
  • published4 Jun 2026
  • disclosed15 May 2026

Introduced: 15 May 2026

CVE-2026-46483  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard vim to version 9.2.0500-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 Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescape(tartail) without the {special} flag, allowing a crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute shell commands in the user's context. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0479.

CVSS Base Scores

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