CVE-2026-52858
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0561, the Python omni-completion script in python3complete.vim for Vim with the +python3 interpreter enabled (and the legacy pythoncomplete.vim for builds with the +python interpreter) executes the import and from statements found in the current buffer through Python's import machinery. Because the buffer's working directory is on sys.path, opening a hostile .py file with a sibling Python package and invoking omni-completion runs that package's top-level code as the editing user. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0561.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.4–8
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (34)
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- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform
advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1759vim: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-05-31csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vim ausnutzen, um Code auszuführen und um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
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references (8)
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- https://github.com/vim/vimPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52858cnnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4b850457e12e1a678dd209f2868154f7553cbf8denisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0561enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-52mc-rq6p-rc7cenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4b850457e12e1a678dd209f2868154f7553cbf8dPatchnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0561Productnvd
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-52mc-rq6p-rc7cMitigationVendor Advisorynvd
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