CVE-2026-35177

Published: Apr 6, 2026

Modified: Apr 7, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.1

MEDIUM

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives, circumventing the previous fix for CVE-2025-53906. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0280.

Vendor	Product	Versions
vim	vim	affected `< 9.2.0280`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-jc86-w7vm-8p24

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CVE-2026-35177

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References