CVE-2026-46483

ℹ️ low

Summary

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.

CVSS Score

3.6

Low

EPSS Score

0.0

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-05-15

First Seen: 2026-05-17

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 4.0% of all 329,456 vulnerabilities in our database.

#316,364

Below average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 15, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Partial

Limited system impact

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-05-19

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-78 CWE-88

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
vim	vim	Affected	< 9.2.0479

🔗 References 3

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3fb5e58fbc63d86a3e...

Patch

https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0479

Product

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-...

Patch Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

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CVE-2026-47162	⚠️ high	8.8	0.3	Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exi...	2026-06-11
CVE-2026-47167	🔶 medium	5.3	0.1	Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0496, a code injection vulnerability exists in s:s...	2026-06-11
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CVE-2026-52859	⚠️ high	8.2	0.3	Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0565, the update_snapshot() function in src/termin...	2026-06-11
CVE-2026-52860	⚠️ high	7.8	0.2	Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0597, Vim's Python omni-completion executes recons...	2026-06-11
CVE-2026-42307	🔶 medium	4.4	0.2	Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists...	2026-05-08

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