OS Command Injection in Vim - CVE-2026-33412

Vulnerability identifier: #VU124153

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-33412

CWE-ID: CWE-78

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "glob()" function. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

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

Vim
Anolis OS
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
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-debugsource
vim-debuginfo
vim
vim-data
vim-doc
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.2.0202
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+esm24, 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27, 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11, 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2
vim (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.4.629-5.el6_10.3, 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, 9.0.2092-13
vim-minimal - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-13
vim-enhanced - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-13
vim-common - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-13
vim-X11 - addressed in versions 8.0.1763-22.0.1, 9.0.2092-13
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0-41
vim-minimal - update to 9.0-41
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0-41
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0-41
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0-41
vim-common - update to 9.0-41
vim-X11 - update to 9.0-41
vim - update to 9.0-41
vim-data - update to 9.0.2092-13
vim-doc - update to 9.0.2092-13
vim - addressed in versions 9.2.240-1.fc43, 9.2.240-1.fc44

• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-w5jw-f54h-x46c

• OS Command Injection in Vim
• Fedora 44 update for vim
• Fedora 43 update for vim
• openEuler update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for vim
• Anolis OS update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for vim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for vim
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18
• Anolis OS update for vim