Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0847, runtime/autoload/vimball.vim allows a crafted vimball member named .VimballRecord to overwrite the installation record with attacker-chosen commands. When vimball#RmVimball() later processes the matching record entry, the stored Ex commands, including operating-system commands invoked through :!, execute with the privileges of the user running Vim. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0847.
{
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-829",
"CWE-94"
],
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"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M"
}"2026-08-12T16:09:19Z"
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-73076-a9cf05ed",
"deprecated": false,
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"source": "https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/581a2f3ac9c6f96a26324f6b2c8c11415fd0d452",
"target": {
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}
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