CVE-2026-47162

HIGH

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 18.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-74 CWE-94
Status published
Products (1)
vim/vim < 9.2.0495 (2 CPE variants)
Published Jun 11, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 12, 2026