4.4

CVE-2026-42307: vim OS Command Injection

CVSS: 4.4v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2026-42307UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42307DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42307
Published 08-05-2026Last modified 13-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-42307 is a medium (CVSS 4.4) OS Command Injection vulnerability in vim. EPSS estimates a 1.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.17%
0%100%
Low · +0.40 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4
MGASA-2026-0123OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11114-1SUSE-SU-2026:21833-1SUSE-SU-2026:2313-1USN-8304-1

Timeline

  1. 08-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.40 pp

From 0.77% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • vim< 9.2.0389-r0
Debian1 product
  • vimAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 2:9.2.0428-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • vim< 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm26 | < 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm32 | < 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm17 | < 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm5 | < 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.30 | < 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.14 | < 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.5 | < 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.2
Vim1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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