CVE-2026-51401

Published: Aug 4, 2026Modified: Sep 4, 2026

7.7

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 5.2

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Description

An issue in Vim Project v9.2.0389 and earlier allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the vms_fixfilename() function within file vim/src/os_vms.c

Affected (1)

Products: Vim: Vim

Vim

1 product

Vim

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vim Vim	Up to 9.2.0389

Related CWEs

CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References (3)

https://gist.github.com/jiejiaodedengdai/ff5d34a523167e09b7d8330cc9f5d4e5#file-vim-os_vms-cves-md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/vim/vim

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/src/os_vms.c

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

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