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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-52860 EUVD-2026-36285

Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Python Omni-Completion

Published Jun 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0597, Vim's Python omni-completion executes reconstructed function and class definitions from the current buffer with exec() as part of populating the completion dictionary. Python evaluates function default values, parameter annotations, and class base expressions at definition time, so a hostile buffer can execute attacker-controlled Python expressions during omni-completion. The existing g:pythoncomplete_allow_import mitigation (GHSA-52mc-rq6p-rc7c) does not cover this path, because the attacker-controlled code is not a harvested import/from statement. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0597.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
vim vim < 9.2.0597 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 vim 2:9.2.0782-1 —
Debian 13 vim 2:9.1.1230-2+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 vim No fix yet —
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 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 vim +8 9.2.967-1.1.hum1 RHSA-2026:57614
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 vim 9.2.0602-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 vim 9.2.0602-r0 —

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 —

Advisories 4

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