CVE-2026-42307

Vim: OS Command Injection in netrw

CVSS 4.4 MEDIUMEPSS 0.8%CWE-78

Vexday Risk Score

13Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.8%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

08 May 2026Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0383.

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

Affected products

vim · vim

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References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/405e2fb6d54d5653523809e2853d99d1c000a5fc https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0383 https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-85ch-p2qr-m5gx