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High RHSA-2026:99166 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 13, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 9.8 EUS rhel_eus:9.8::appstream vim-common 2:8.2.2637-44.el9_8
Red Hat · RHEL 9.8 EUS rhel_eus:9.8::baseos vim 2:8.2.2637-44.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-43961

    Vim: vimscript injection via unescaped filename in netrw s:netrwmarkfile() filter() expression allows arbitrary code execution

    A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing arbitrary Vimscript execution. This can be leveraged to run shell comma…

    Red Hat vim Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Linux Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460434
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_99166.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43961
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43961
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43961
  • article
    https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-66hr-7p6x-x5j3