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CVE-2026-59858

Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via C Omni-Completion

CVSS 8.4 HIGHCWE-94
Vexday Risk Score
18Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 8.4EPSS KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
09 Jul 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0735, the C omni-completion script in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim interpolates the typeref: or typename: extension field of a tags entry, without escaping, into a :vimgrep pattern that is run through :execute. Because :vimgrep honors the bar as a command separator, a crafted tag field can close the search pattern and append an arbitrary Ex command; opening a hostile .c file whose project tags file contains such an entry and invoking C omni-completion runs that command as the editing user. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0735.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
vim · vim