High severity · published Mar 3, 2025
CVE-2025-27423
Vim is an open source, command line text editor
7.1
CVSS
22.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Vim is distributed with the tar.vim plugin, that allows easy editing and viewing of (compressed or uncompressed) tar files. Starting with 9.1.0858, the tar.vim plugin uses the ":read" ex command line to append below the cursor position, however the is not sanitized and is taken literally from the tar archive. This allows to execute shell commands via special crafted tar archives. Whether this really happens, depends on the shell being used ('shell' option, which is set using $SHELL). The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1164
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)22.5% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HC
Hci Compute Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
VI
Vim · Vim
9.1.0858 before 9.1.1164 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27423
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-27423
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/129a8446d23cd9cb4445fcfea259cba5e0487d29
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/334a13bff78aa0ad206bc436885f63e3a0bab399
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-wfmf-8626-q3r3
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0002/
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