Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting vim-data-common package, versions <9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-VIMDATACOMMON-17184487
  • published5 Jun 2026
  • disclosed3 Jun 2026

Introduced: 3 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-43961  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 vim-data-common to version 9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-data-common package and not the vim-data-common package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing arbitrary Vimscript execution. This can be leveraged to run shell commands with the privileges of the user running Vim.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1