CVE-2019-20807

medium
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
5.5

Description

In Vim before 8.1.0881, users can circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces (e.g., Python, Ruby, or Lua).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20807

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:4453

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20807.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky8fixed
debian debianbookwormfixed2:8.1.2136-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:8.1.2136-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:8.1.2136-1
debian debiansidfixed2:8.1.2136-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:8.1.2136-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.