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CVE-2026-44656

Vim: OS Command Injection via 'path' completion

CVSS 4.6 MEDIUMEPSS 0.9%CWE-78
Vexday Risk Score
33Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
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PoC available → attend closely
CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.9%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
08 May 2026Published on NVD
09 May 2026Public PoC
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
vim · vim
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