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CVE-2026-46483

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescape(tartail) without the {special} flag, allowing a crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute shell commands in the user's context. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0479.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:382cee703ced071f81fcfa63b810838a0a87397ed33f097674afbe23ecf3e669
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-88","description":"CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"vim","vendor":"vim","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 9.2.479"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":3.6,"baseSeverity":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-88","description":"CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3fb5e58fbc63d86a3e65f1a141b0d67af2aa38a1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3fb5e58fbc63d86a3e65f1a141b0d67af2aa38a1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0479","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0479"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-2fpv-9ff7-xg5w","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-2fpv-9ff7-xg5w"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d5481d04682c4b29093c34594f2c8b355062cee6a5723e0f4214d1c4f6942bf7 · sha256:7b962f0dded8df83… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

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