Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.
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| Description | Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435. | |
| Title | Vim: OS Command Injection via 'path' completion | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-08T22:40:49.673Z
Reserved: 2026-05-07T15:30:10.876Z
Link: CVE-2026-44656
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-08T23:16:39.783
Modified: 2026-05-08T23:16:39.783
Link: CVE-2026-44656
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-09T01:30:16Z
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