CVE 6.6 MEDIUM

Vim: Command injection via backtick expansion in tag filenames_CVE-2026-41411

6.6 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0357, A command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file processing. When resolving a tag, the filename field from the tags file is passed through wildcard expansion to resolve environment variables and wildcards. If the filename field contains backtick syntax (e.g., `command`), Vim executes the embedded command via the system shell with the full privileges of the running user.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-41411
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 24, 2026 at 16:51
Modified Apr 24, 2026 at 17:44

Affected Product

Vendor vim
Product vim
Version < 9.2.0357
Affected Versions vim vim < 9.2.0357

CWE Classification

References

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