CVE-2026-41411: vim OS Command Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-41411 is a medium (CVSS 6.6) OS Command Injection vulnerability in vim. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 1Timeline
- 24-04-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 28-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0357, A command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file processing. When resolving a tag, the filename field from the tags file is passed through wildcard expansion to resolve environment variables and wildcards. If the filename field contains backtick syntax (e.g., `command`), Vim executes the embedded command via the system shell with the full privileges of the running user.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- NVDNIST6.6MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.78%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
55%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.28 pp
From 0.50% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat4 products
- vim< 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6 | < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4 | < 2:8.0.1763-24.el8_10
- vim-enhanced< 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6 | < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4 | < 2:8.0.1763-24.el8_10
- vim-minimal< 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6 | < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4 | < 2:8.0.1763-24.el8_10
- vim-X11< 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6 | < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4 | < 2:8.0.1763-24.el8_10
Alpine1 product
- vim< 9.2.0357-r0
Debian1 product
- vimAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2:9.2.0428-1
Ubuntu1 product
- vim< 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.29 | < 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.13 | < 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.4 | < 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.1 | < 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm27 | < 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm33 | < 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm18 | < 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm6
Vim1 product
- vim< 9.2.0357
5 vendors · 8 products
References
19 links- github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-cwgx-gcj7-6qh8X Refsource CONFIRMARTICLEREPORTPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/vim/vim/commit/c78194e41d5a0b05b0ddf383b6679b1503f977fbX Refsource MISCARTICLEREPORTPatch
