CVE-2026-44656
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 4.6
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.
Products: vim
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine 3.23 | vim | 9.2.0437-r0 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-common | 2:9.2.597-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-data | 2:9.2.597-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-default-editor | 2:9.2.597-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-enhanced | 2:9.2.597-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-filesystem | 2:9.2.597-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | vim-minimal | 2:9.2.597-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | xxd | 2:9.2.597-1.amzn2023.0.1 |
| Debian 12 | vim | no fix |
| Debian 13 | vim | no fix |
| Debian 14 | vim | 2:9.2.0461-1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | vim | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | vim-X11 | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | vim-common | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | vim-data | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | vim-default-editor | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | vim-enhanced | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | vim-filesystem | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | vim-minimal | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | xxd | 0:9.2.967-1.1.hum1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | vim | 9.2.0530-150000.5.94.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | vim | 9.2.0530-150000.5.94.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | vim | 9.2.0530-150000.5.94.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | vim | 9.2.0530-150000.5.94.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | vim | 9.2.0530-150000.5.94.1 |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | vim | 9.2.0530-150000.5.94.1 |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.2 | vim | 9.2.0530-160000.1.1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | vim | 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.30 |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | vim | 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.14 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | vim | 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.5 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | vim | 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.2 |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | vim | 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm26 |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | vim | 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm32 |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | vim | 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm17 |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | vim | 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm5 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | vim | 9.2.0530-1.1 |