CVE-2026-42307

medium

Published 2026-05-08 · Modified 2026-05-14

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CVSS v3

4.4

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.4

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0383.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

44%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	affected
debian	bullseye	affected
debian	forky	fixed	`2:9.2.0428-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2:9.2.0428-1`
debian	trixie	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
vim	vim	`{"endExcluding":"9.2.0383"}`	`9.2.0383`

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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