OS Command Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package vim  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-VIM-15631948
  • published15 Mar 2026
  • disclosed27 Feb 2026

Introduced: 27 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-28417  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:8.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim package and not the vim package as distributed by RHEL.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the scp:// protocol handler), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. Version 9.2.0073 fixes the issue.