OS command injection in Vim - CVE-2026-28417

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OS command injection in Vim - CVE-2026-28417

Published: March 3, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123423
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-28417
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted scp:// URL and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Vim
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Ubuntu
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
IBM Cloud Pak for Data System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim (Red Hat package)
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
vim-enhanced
vim-common
vim-X11
vim-data
vim-doc
vim
vim-debuginfo
vim-debugsource
vim-data-common
gvim-debuginfo
gvim
vim-small
vim-small-debuginfo
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

How to mitigate CVE-2026-28417

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.2.0073
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.13.65, 4.18.38, 4.19.28
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm23, 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm29, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm14, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm2, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.26, 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.10, 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.1
vim (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.4.629-8.el7_9.1, 8.0.1763-13.el8_2.1, 8.0.1763-15.el8_4.1, 8.0.1763-19.el8_6.5, 8.0.1763-20.el8_8.1, 8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1, 8.2.2637-16.el9_0.4, 8.2.2637-20.el9_4.2, 8.2.2637-22.el9_6.2, 8.2.2637-23.el9_7.2, 9.1.083-5.el10_0.2, 9.1.083-6.el10_1.3
vim-filesystem - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-11
vim-minimal - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-11
vim-enhanced - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-11
vim-common - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-11
vim-X11 - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-11
vim-data - update to 9.0.2092-11
vim-doc - update to 9.0.2092-11
vim-minimal - update to 9.0.2092-26
vim - update to 9.0.2092-26
vim-X11 - update to 9.0.2092-26
vim-common - update to 9.0.2092-26
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0.2092-26
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0.2092-26
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0.2092-26
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0.2092-26
vim-data - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-17.59.1, 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
vim-data-common - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-17.59.1, 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
gvim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-17.59.1, 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-17.59.1, 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-17.59.1, 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
gvim - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-17.59.1, 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-17.59.1, 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
vim-small - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
vim-small-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1, 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
vim - addressed in versions 9.2.112-1.fc43, 9.2.112-1.fc44, 9.2.112-2.fc42, 9.2.112-2.fc43, 9.2.112-2.fc44, 9.2.148-1.fc42, 9.2.148-1.fc44

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