Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting vim package, versions <2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-VIM-17328495
  • published16 Jun 2026
  • disclosed11 Jun 2026

Introduced: 11 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-47167  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-95  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 vim to version 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0496, a code injection vulnerability exists in s:stepmatch() in the cucumber filetype plugin (runtime/ftplugin/cucumber.vim) on Vim builds with +ruby support. Step-definition patterns read from .rb files under the repository's features// or stories// directories are embedded into a Ruby Kernel.eval argument without sufficient escaping, allowing a crafted pattern in an attacker-controlled repository to execute arbitrary Ruby (and through it arbitrary shell commands) when the user invokes a step-jump mapping ([d, ]d). This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0496.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1