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High · 7.3 CVE-2026-47162 EUVD-2026-36281

Vim: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwBookHistSave() via crafted directory name

Published Jun 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 18, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Vendor: vim Product: vim Package: vim Package: vim Package: vim Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave() in the netrw plugin (runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim) when serializing browsed directory paths to the history file ~/.vim/.netrwhist. A directory name derived from the filesystem is interpolated into a single-quoted Vimscript string literal without escaping embedded single quotes, allowing a crafted directory name to break out of the string context and execute arbitrary Vimscript, including shell commands via system() and :!, the next time the history file is sourced. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0495.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
vim vim < 9.2.0495 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 vim 2:9.2.0524-1 —
Debian 13 vim 2:9.1.1230-2+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 vim No fix yet —

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS vim 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5 —
Ubuntu 25.10 vim 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vim 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32 —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8 —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29 —

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10 vim +1 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.7 RHSA-2026:38509
RHEL 9 vim +1 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.10 RHSA-2026:38511
RHEL 8 vim +1 2:8.0.1763-27.el8_10 RHSA-2026:38510
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 10.0 EUS vim +3 2:9.1.083-5.el10_0.4 RHSA-2026:55431
RHEL 9.6 EUS vim +5 2:8.2.2637-22.el9_6.4 RHSA-2026:70818
RHEL 9.4 E4S vim +5 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_4.4 RHSA-2026:72465
RHEL 9.2 E4S vim +5 2:8.2.2637-20.el9_2.3 RHSA-2026:72466
RHEL 7 ELS vim +4 2:7.4.629-8.el7_9.2 RHSA-2026:68711
RHEL 6 ELS vim +4 2:7.4.629-5.el6_10.4 RHSA-2026:69128
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 vim +8 9.2.967-1.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:57614

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 10 xxd +6 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.7 ALSA-2026:38509
AlmaLinux 9 vim-X11 +4 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.10 ALSA-2026:38511
AlmaLinux 8 vim-X11 +4 2:8.0.1763-27.el8_10 ALSA-2026:38510

Rocky Linux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Rocky Linux 10 vim 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.7 RLSA-2026:38509
Rocky Linux 9 vim 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.10 RLSA-2026:38511
Rocky Linux 8 vim 2:8.0.1763-27.el8_10 RLSA-2026:38510

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 xxd +6 2:9.2.597-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-1862
Amazon Linux 2 xxd +6 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.7 ALAS2-2026-3368

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 vim 9.2.0620-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 10 xxd +6 2:9.1.083-9.0.1.el10_2.7 ELSA-2026-38509
Oracle Linux 9 vim-X11 +4 2:8.2.2637-26.0.1.el9_8.10 ELSA-2026-38511
Oracle Linux 8 vim-X11 +4 2:8.0.1763-27.0.1.el8_10 ELSA-2026-38510

Advisories 22

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