High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 11, 2026· Updated Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-73077
CVE-2026-73077
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0839, the runtime/ftplugin/sh.vim, runtime/ftplugin/zsh.vim, and runtime/ftplugin/ps1.vim filetype plugins pass attacker-controlled Visual-mode selections from K through keywordprg commands without safely separating shell arguments. fnameescape() and PATH_ESC_CHARS do not neutralize shell metacharacters before ShKeywordPrg, ZshKeywordPrg, or GetHelp invokes bash, zsh, or PowerShell, allowing arbitrary operating-system commands to execute with the privileges of the user running Vim. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0839.
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Affected products
10- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-minimalpkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-X11pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-filesystempkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-enhancedpkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-datapkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/almalinux/xxd
< 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0957-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
Patches
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References
2- github.com/vim/vim/commit/c5a82fe013e73c98004ad7cd4f906b1ad1ed610envdPatch
- github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-r5v6-q6j8-8qw2nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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