A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin.
A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing arbitrary Vimscript execution. This can be leveraged to run shell commands with the privileges of the user running Vim.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- CVSS
- 7.8
Why it ranks 10 (Routine)
- CVSS 7.8 high
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-43961 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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