CVE-2026-47167
MEDIUMVim: Vimscript Code Injection in cucumber filetype plugin via crafted step-definition regex
Title source: cnaDescription
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0496, a code injection vulnerability exists in s:stepmatch() in the cucumber filetype plugin (runtime/ftplugin/cucumber.vim) on Vim builds with +ruby support. Step-definition patterns read from .rb files under the repository's features/*/ or stories/*/ directories are embedded into a Ruby Kernel.eval argument without sufficient escaping, allowing a crafted pattern in an attacker-controlled repository to execute arbitrary Ruby (and through it arbitrary shell commands) when the user invokes a step-jump mapping ([d, ]d). This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0496.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-4473-94jm-w5x9
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a65a52d684bc58535ad28a4ae824d22e76399934
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0496
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0027
EPSS Percentile
18.3%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-94
CWE-95
Status
published
Products (1)
vim/vim
< 9.2.0496 (2 CPE variants)
Published
Jun 11, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 12, 2026