CVE-2026-44656

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.

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 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0383.(CVE-2026-42307)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.(CVE-2026-44656)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-bit signed integer multiplication, causing a small buffer to be allocated for a write loop that runs many iterations, overflowing the heap. Because the 'spelllang' option can be set from a modeline, a text file modeline can trigger spell file loading if a malicious .spl file has been planted on the runtimepath. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0450.(CVE-2026-45130)

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 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0383.(CVE-2026-42307)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.(CVE-2026-44656)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-bit signed integer multiplication, causing a small buffer to be allocated for a write loop that runs many iterations, overflowing the heap. Because the 'spelllang' option can be set from a modeline, a text file modeline can trigger spell file loading if a malicious .spl file has been planted on the runtimepath. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0450.(CVE-2026-45130)

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 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0383.(CVE-2026-42307)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.(CVE-2026-44656)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-bit signed integer multiplication, causing a small buffer to be allocated for a write loop that runs many iterations, overflowing the heap. Because the 'spelllang' option can be set from a modeline, a text file modeline can trigger spell file loading if a malicious .spl file has been planted on the runtimepath. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0450.(CVE-2026-45130)

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 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0383.(CVE-2026-42307)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.(CVE-2026-44656)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-bit signed integer multiplication, causing a small buffer to be allocated for a write loop that runs many iterations, overflowing the heap. Because the 'spelllang' option can be set from a modeline, a text file modeline can trigger spell file loading if a malicious .spl file has been planted on the runtimepath. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0450.(CVE-2026-45130)

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 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0383.(CVE-2026-42307)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.(CVE-2026-44656)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-bit signed integer multiplication, causing a small buffer to be allocated for a write loop that runs many iterations, overflowing the heap. Because the 'spelllang' option can be set from a modeline, a text file modeline can trigger spell file loading if a malicious .spl file has been planted on the runtimepath. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0450.(CVE-2026-45130)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescape(tartail) without the {special} flag, allowing a crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute shell commands in the user's context. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0479.(CVE-2026-46483)

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.

• CVE-2026-44656: fix shell command execution via backticks in 'path' option during file completion by skipping backtick entries in expand_path_option() (findfile.c, upstream patches 9.2.0435 and 9.2.0444; the P_SECURE-on-'path' portion of 9.2.0435 was reverted by 9.2.0444 and is intentionally not backported)

• CVE-2026-44656: fix shell command execution via backticks in 'path' option during file completion by skipping backtick entries in expand_path_option() (findfile.c, upstream patches 9.2.0435 and 9.2.0444; the P_SECURE-on-'path' portion of 9.2.0435 was reverted by 9.2.0444 and is intentionally not backported)

These are all security issues fixed in the gvim-9.2.0530-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-39881: command injection in NetBeans interface can lead to arbitrary file reads and writes (bsc#1261833).
• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-39881: command injection in NetBeans interface can lead to arbitrary file reads and writes (bsc#1261833).
• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-39881: command injection in NetBeans interface can lead to arbitrary file reads and writes (bsc#1261833).
• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-39881: command injection in NetBeans interface can lead to arbitrary file reads and writes (bsc#1261833).
• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

This update for vim fixes the following issues

• CVE-2026-39881: command injection in NetBeans interface can lead to arbitrary file reads and writes (bsc#1261833).
• CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
• CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
• CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
• CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
• CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

• Update to v9.2.0530.
• Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

Joshua Rogers discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain URL schemes in the netrw plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-42307)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled command-line completion for the :find command. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-44656)

Daniel Cervera discovered that Vim incorrectly handled loading spell files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-45130)