Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command in Vim - CVE-2025-29768

Vulnerability identifier: #VU105685

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-29768

CWE-ID: CWE-88

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the zip.vim plugin. A remote attacker can trick the victim into reading a specially crafted .zip archive and execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.

Vim
openEuler
Anolis OS
Fedora
vim
vim-X11
vim-common
vim-debuginfo
vim-debugsource
vim-enhanced
vim-minimal
vim-filesystem
vim-doc
vim-data

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.1.1198
vim - update to 9.0-33
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-33
vim-common - update to 9.0-33
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-33
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-33
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-33
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-33
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-33
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0.2092-8
vim-doc - update to 9.0.2092-8
vim-data - update to 9.0.2092-8
vim-minimal - update to 9.0.2092-8
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0.2092-8
vim-common - update to 9.0.2092-8
vim-X11 - update to 9.0.2092-8
vim - addressed in versions 9.1.1202-1.fc40, 9.1.1202-1.fc41

• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-693p-m996-3rmf

• Remote command execution in Vim
• Fedora 41 update for vim
• Fedora 40 update for vim
• openEuler update for vim
• Anolis OS update for vim