CVE-2026-41411
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 43 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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affected products (42)
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- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1147vim: Schwachstelle ermöglicht CodeausführungDeutsch2026-04-15csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in vim ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-3043IBM QRadar SIEM: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-08-26csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM QRadar SIEM ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen, um Informationen offenzulegen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, um einen Cross-Site Scripting Angriff durchzuführen und um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
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sources
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references (9)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0357Patchcnnvd
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41411cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41411cnnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c78194e41d5a0b05b0ddf383b6679b1503f977fbenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0357enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-cwgx-gcj7-6qh8enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c78194e41d5a0b05b0ddf383b6679b1503f977fbPatchnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0357Productnvd
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