High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2026· Updated Jun 15, 2026
CVE-2026-52858
CVE-2026-52858
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0561, the Python omni-completion script in python3complete.vim for Vim with the +python3 interpreter enabled (and the legacy pythoncomplete.vim for builds with the +python interpreter) executes the import and from statements found in the current buffer through Python's import machinery. Because the buffer's working directory is on sys.path, opening a hostile .py file with a sibling Python package and invoking omni-completion runs that package's top-level code as the editing user. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0561.
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References
3- github.com/vim/vim/commit/4b850457e12e1a678dd209f2868154f7553cbf8dnvdPatch
- github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-52mc-rq6p-rc7cnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
- github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0561nvdProduct
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