CVE-2026-43961
Discovered by AISLEPUBLISHEDCWE-94
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)
4.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| vim | vim | 0 | affected |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | 9.2.967-1.1.hum1 | unaffected |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — |
Credits
- Red Hat would like to thank AISLE Research for reporting this issue.