HIGH 7.8 NVD
CVE-2026-43961
A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/
A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing arbitrary Vimscript execution. This can be leveraged to run shell commands with the privileges of the user running Vim.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43961
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460434
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-66hr-7p6x-x5j3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/14/7
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2026-08-19 via NVD.
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