CVE-2026-57453: vim Command Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-57453 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Command Injection vulnerability in vim. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 25-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 26-06-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.1.1784 until 9.2.0678, when the bundled zip plugin autoload/zip.vim falls back to PowerShell to browse, read, extract, update or delete entries in a zip archive, it builds the PowerShell command by inserting archive entry names that are quoted only for the shell, not for PowerShell. A crafted entry name can break out of the intended string context and cause PowerShell to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running Vim, triggered by opening, viewing or extracting the archive. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0678.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LDiffers
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
10%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.21% 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
Alpine1 product
- vim≥ 9.1.1784, < 9.2.0854-r0
Debian1 product
- vim< 2:9.2.0782-1
Ubuntu1 product
- vim< 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6
Vim1 product
- vim≥ 9.1.1784, < 9.2.0678
4 vendors · 4 products
