Code Injection in Vim - CVE-2026-57456

Vulnerability identifier: #VU134978

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-57456

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 Python omni-completion docstring handling in runtime/autoload/python3complete.vim and pythoncomplete.vim when processing a hostile Python buffer during omni-completion. A remote attacker can craft a malicious docstring and convince a user to trigger Python omni-completion to execute arbitrary code.

User interaction is required to open or edit a hostile Python buffer and trigger Python omni-completion. Only builds with +python3 or +python support are affected.

Vim
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
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 Server - AUS
Ubuntu
openEuler
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
vim (Red Hat package)
vim-filesystem
vim-minimal
vim-enhanced
vim-common
vim-X11
vim-debuginfo
vim-debugsource
vim
vim (Ubuntu package)
vim (Debian package)

Install security update from vendor's website.

Vim - update to 9.2.0699
vim (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.4.629-5.el6_10.4, 7.4.629-8.el7_9.2, 8.0.1763-31.el8_10, 8.2.2637-20.el9_2.3, 8.2.2637-20.el9_4.4, 8.2.2637-26.el9_8.13
vim-filesystem - update to 8.0.1763-31.0.1
vim-minimal - update to 8.0.1763-31.0.1
vim-enhanced - update to 8.0.1763-31.0.1
vim-common - update to 8.0.1763-31.0.1
vim-X11 - update to 8.0.1763-31.0.1
vim-common - update to 9.0.2092-38
vim-debuginfo - update to 9.0.2092-38
vim-debugsource - update to 9.0.2092-38
vim-enhanced - update to 9.0.2092-38
vim-minimal - update to 9.0.2092-38
vim-filesystem - update to 9.0.2092-38
vim-X11 - update to 9.0.2092-38
vim - update to 9.0.2092-38
vim (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30, 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36, 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21, 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9, 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33, 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17, 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8, 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6
vim (Debian package) - update to 2:9.1.1230-2+deb13u1

• https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-ppj8-wqjf-6fp3
• https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cce141c42740f122dd8486ae04e21c2a81016ba8

• Code Injection in Vim
• Ubuntu update for vim
• openEuler update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for vim
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for vim
• Anolis OS 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
• Debian update for vim