CVE-2026-33412

MEDIUM

Vim affected by Command injection via newline in glob()

Title source: cna

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability depends on the user's 'shell' setting. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0202.

References (4)

[X_Refsource_Misc] https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0202

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/19/10

[X_Refsource_Confirm] https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-w5jw-f54h-x46c

[X_Refsource_Misc] https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/645ed6597d1ea896c712cd7ddbb6edee79577e9a

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Scores

CVSS v3 5.6

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (1)

vim/vim < 9.2.0202 (2 CPE variants)

Published Mar 24, 2026

Tracked Since Mar 25, 2026