VYPR
Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-28417

CVE-2026-28417

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the scp:// protocol handler), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. Version 9.2.0073 fixes the issue.

Affected products

36

Patches

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