Medium severity4.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2025· Updated Apr 1, 2026

CVE-2025-53906

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

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Affected products

Vim/Vim2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <9.1.1551
- (no CPE)range: <9.1.1551
osv-coords35 versions
pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-common pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-data pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-enhanced pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-filesystem pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-minimal pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-X11 pkg:rpm/almalinux/xxd pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP7 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1 pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.2
< 2:8.0.1763-21.el8_10+ 34 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-21.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-5.el10_0.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-21.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-21.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-21.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-21.el8_10
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-6.el10_1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150500.20.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150000.5.78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150000.5.78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150000.5.78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150000.5.78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150500.20.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150500.20.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150500.20.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150500.20.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-150500.20.33.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-17.59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-17.51.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.1.1629-slfo.1.1_1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-160000.1.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/vim/vim/commit/586294a04179d855c3d1d4ee5ea83931963680b8nvdPatch
github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-r2fw-9cw4-mj86nvdExploitVendor Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/07/15/2nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/01/4nvd

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