CVE-2025-53905

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Security Fix(es):

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53905)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53906)

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Security Fix(es):

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53905)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53906)

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Security Fix(es):

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53905)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53906)

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Security Fix(es):

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53905)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vim up to 9.1.1550 (Word Processing Software).Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.Upgrading to version 9.1.1551 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 586294a04179d855c3d1d4ee5ea83931963680b8 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.(CVE-2025-53906)

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Security Fix(es):

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53905)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vim up to 9.1.1550 (Word Processing Software).Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.Upgrading to version 9.1.1551 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 586294a04179d855c3d1d4ee5ea83931963680b8 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.(CVE-2025-53906)

Vim is an advanced text editor that seeks to provide the power of the de-facto Unix editor 'Vi', with a more complete feature set. Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Security Fix(es):

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53905)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vim up to 9.1.1550 (Word Processing Software).Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.Upgrading to version 9.1.1551 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 586294a04179d855c3d1d4ee5ea83931963680b8 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.(CVE-2025-53906)

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)

• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)

• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)

• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)

• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)

• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)
• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)
• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)
• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)
• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

• vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)
• vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

• CVE-2025-53905: fix Vim path traversal issue in tar.vim

Path traversal issue with tar.vim and special crafted tar archives in Vim < 9.1.1552. (CVE-2025-53905) Path traversal issue with zip.vim and special crafted zip archives in Vim < v9.1.1551. (CVE-2025-53906)

Root has patched CVE-2025-53905 in the vim package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available.

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

Update to version 9.1.1629.

• CVE-2025-53905: Fixed a path traversal issue in tar.vim plugin that may allow for file overwriting when opening specially crafted tar files (bsc#1246604).
• CVE-2025-53906: Fixed a path traversal issue in zip.vim plugin that may allow for file overwriting when opening specially crafted zip files (bsc#1246602).
• CVE-2025-55157: Fixed use-after-free in internal tuple reference management (bsc#1247938).
• CVE-2025-55158: Fixed double-free in internal typed value (typval_T) management (bsc#1247939).

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

Updated to 9.1.1629:

• CVE-2025-53905: Fixed malicious tar archive may causing a path traversal in Vim’s tar.vim plugin (bsc#1246604)
• CVE-2025-53906: Fixed malicious zip archive may causing a path traversal in Vim’s zip (bsc#1246602)
• CVE-2025-55157: Fixed use-after-free in internal tuple reference management (bsc#1247938)
• CVE-2025-55158: Fixed double-free in internal typed value (typval_T) management (bsc#1247939)

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

Updated to 9.1.1629:

• CVE-2025-53905: Fixed malicious tar archive may causing a path traversal in Vim’s tar.vim plugin (bsc#1246604)
• CVE-2025-53906: Fixed malicious zip archive may causing a path traversal in Vim’s zip (bsc#1246602)
• CVE-2025-55157: Fixed use-after-free in internal tuple reference management (bsc#1247938)
• CVE-2025-55158: Fixed double-free in internal typed value (typval_T) management (bsc#1247939)

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-53906: Fixed malicious zip archive causing path traversal (bsc#1246602)

• CVE-2025-53905: Fixed malicious tar archive causing path traversal (bsc#1246604)

• CVE-2025-55157: Fixed use-after-free in internal tuple reference management (bsc#1247938)

• CVE-2025-55158: Fixed double-free in internal typed value (typval_T) management (bsc#1247939)

• Update to 9.1.1629: 9.1.1629: Vim9: Not able to use more than 10 type arguments in a generic function 9.1.1628: fuzzy.c has a few issues 9.1.1627: fuzzy matching can be improved 9.1.1626: cindent: does not handle compound literals 9.1.1625: Autocompletion slow with include- and tag-completion 9.1.1624: Cscope not enabled on MacOS 9.1.1623: Buffer menu does not handle unicode names correctly 9.1.1622: Patch v9.1.1432 causes performance regressions 9.1.1621: flicker in popup menu during cmdline autocompletion 9.1.1620: filetype: composer.lock and symfony.lock files not recognized 9.1.1619: Incorrect E535 error message 9.1.1618: completion: incorrect selected index returned from complete_info() 9.1.1617: Vim9: some error messages can be improved 9.1.1616: xxd: possible buffer overflow with bitwise output 9.1.1615: diff format erroneously detected 9.1.1614: Vim9: possible variable type change 9.1.1613: tests: test_search leaves a few swapfiles behind 9.1.1612: Ctrl-G/Ctrl-T do not ignore the end search delimiter 9.1.1611: possible undefined behaviour in mb_decompose() 9.1.1610: completion: hang or E684 when 'tagfunc' calls complete() 9.1.1609: complete: Heap-buffer overflow with complete function 9.1.1608: No command-line completion for :unsilent {command} 9.1.1607: :apple command detected as :append 9.1.1606: filetype: a few more files are not recognized 9.1.1605: cannot specify scope for chdir() 9.1.1604: completion: incsearch highlight might be lost 9.1.1603: completion: cannot use autoloaded funcs in 'complete' F{func} 9.1.1602: filetype: requirements-*.txt files are not recognized 9.1.1601: Patch v8.1.0425 was wrong 9.1.1600: using diff anchors with hidden buffers fails silently 9.1.1599: :bnext doesn't go to unlisted help buffers 9.1.1598: filetype: waybar config file is not recognized 9.1.1597: CI reports leaks in libgtk3 library 9.1.1596: tests: Test_search_wildmenu_iminsert() depends on help file 9.1.1595: Wayland: non-portable use of select() 9.1.1594: completion: search completion throws errors 9.1.1593: Confusing error when compiling incomplete try block 9.1.1592: Vim9: crash with classes and garbage collection 9.1.1591: VMS support can be improved 9.1.1590: cannot perform autocompletion 9.1.1589: Cannot disable cscope interface using configure 9.1.1588: Vim9: cannot split dict inside command block 9.1.1587: Wayland: timeout not updated before select() 9.1.1586: Vim9: can define an enum/interface in a function 9.1.1585: Wayland: gvim still needs GVIM_ENABLE_WAYLAND 9.1.1584: using ints as boolean type 9.1.1583: gvim window lost its icons 9.1.1582: style issue in vim9type.c and vim9generics.c 9.1.1581: possible memory leak in vim9generics.c 9.1.1580: possible memory leak in vim9type.c 9.1.1579: Coverity complains about unchecked return value 9.1.1578: configure: comment still mentions autoconf 2.71 9.1.1577: Vim9: no generic support yet 9.1.1576: cannot easily trigger wildcard expansion 9.1.1575: tabpanel not drawn correctly with wrapped lines 9.1.1574: Dead code in mbyte.c 9.1.1573: Memory leak when pressing Ctrl-D in cmdline mode 9.1.1572: expanding $var does not escape whitespace for 'path' 9.1.1571: CmdlineChanged triggered to often 9.1.1570: Copilot suggested some improvements in cmdexpand.c 9.1.1569: tests: Vim9 tests can be improved 9.1.1568: need a few more default highlight groups 9.1.1567: crash when using inline diff mode 9.1.1566: self-referenced enum may not get freed 9.1.1565:…

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2025-53906: malicious zip archive may cause a path traversal (bsc#1246602)
• CVE-2025-53905: malicious tar archive may cause a path traversal (bsc#1246604)
• CVE-2025-55157: use-after-free in internal tuple reference management (bsc#1247938)
• CVE-2025-55158: double-free in internal typed value (typval_T) management (bsc#1247939)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled file extraction when opening maliciously crafted zip or tar archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create or overwrite files on the system and execute arbitrary code.