Code Injection in Vim - CVE-2026-47162

Vulnerability identifier: #VU131625

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-47162

CWE-ID: CWE-94

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper control of code generation in s:NetrwBookHistSave() in the netrw plugin when serializing browsed directory paths to the history file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted directory name to execute arbitrary code.

User interaction is required to browse the crafted directory with netrw and later open any directory so the history file is sourced. The injected content persists in the history file until the entry is rotated out.

Vim
Netezza Appliance
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim (Red Hat package)
vim-common
vim-X11
vim
vim-debuginfo
vim-debugsource
vim-enhanced
vim-minimal
vim-filesystem
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Ubuntu
openEuler

Install security update from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.2.0495
Netezza Appliance - update to 1.0.2.0
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29, 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32, 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16, 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7, 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
vim (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.4.629-5.el6_10.4, 7.4.629-8.el7_9.2, 8.2.2637-20.el9_2.3, 8.2.2637-20.el9_4.4
vim-common - addressed in versions 9.0-50, 9.0.2092-36
vim-X11 - addressed in versions 9.0-50, 9.0.2092-36
vim - addressed in versions 9.0-50, 9.0.2092-36
vim-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.0-50, 9.0.2092-36
vim-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.0-50, 9.0.2092-36
vim-enhanced - addressed in versions 9.0-50, 9.0.2092-36
vim-minimal - addressed in versions 9.0-50, 9.0.2092-36
vim-filesystem - addressed in versions 9.0-50, 9.0.2092-36

• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-crm5-rh6j-2c7c
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f08ab2f4d7d2947c8dd6c179ae08ee6146a2694b

• Code Injection in Vim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for vim
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for vim
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for vim
• openEuler 20.03 LTS SP4 update for vim
• IBM Netezza Appliance update for Vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support - EXTENSION update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for vim