Medium severity6.6NVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2026· Updated Apr 27, 2026

CVE-2026-41411

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.

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Affected products

Vim/Vim2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <9.2.0357
- (no CPE)range: <9.2.0357
osv-coords7 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
< 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4

Patches

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References

github.com/vim/vim/commit/c78194e41d5a0b05b0ddf383b6679b1503f977fbnvdPatch
github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-cwgx-gcj7-6qh8nvdPatchVendor Advisory
github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0357nvdProduct

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