Command Injection Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.2.0272)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-15857197
  • published31 Mar 2026
  • disclosed30 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-34714  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-78  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.2.0272 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the tabpanel option when handling crafted files, due to improper input validation in the %{expr} expression evaluation. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1