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CVE-2026-33412

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CVE-2026-33412

Published: Mar 24, 2026

Modified: Mar 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.6

MEDIUM

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability depends on the user's 'shell' setting. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0202.

VendorProductVersions

vim

vim

affected
< 9.2.0202

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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