Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting vim/vim package, versions [,9.2.0597)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIMVIM-17430903
  • published23 Jun 2026
  • disclosed11 Jun 2026
  • creditDavidCarliez

Introduced: 11 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-52860  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade vim/vim to version 9.2.0597 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection in the omni-completion process. An attacker can execute arbitrary Python code by crafting a malicious buffer that triggers the evaluation of attacker-controlled expressions during the completion process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1