Medium severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-41411
Vim: Command injection via backtick expansion in tag filenames
6.6
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0357, A command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file processing. When resolving a tag, the filename field from the tags file is passed through wildcard expansion to resolve environment variables and wildcards. If the filename field contains backtick syntax (e.g., `command`), Vim executes the embedded command via the system shell with the full privileges of the running user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VI
vim · vim
< 9.2.0357 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41411
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41411
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c78194e41d5a0b05b0ddf383b6679b1503f977fb
Product
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0357
Patch
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-cwgx-gcj7-6qh8
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