CVE-2026-43961

Discovered by AISLEPUBLISHEDCWE-74

Description

A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing arbitrary Vimscript execution. This can be leveraged to run shell commands with the privileges of the user running Vim.

CVSS Base Scores

CVSS v3.1(Primary)
4.8

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

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionStatus
vim

References