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CVE-2026-59858

Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via C Omni-Completion

Published: 7/9/2026 Last updated: 7/10/2026 Reserved: 7/7/2026

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0735, the C omni-completion script in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim interpolates the typeref: or typename: extension field of a tags entry, without escaping, into a :vimgrep pattern that is run through :execute. Because :vimgrep honors the bar as a command separator, a crafted tag field can close the search pattern and append an arbitrary Ex command; opening a hostile .c file whose project tags file contains such an entry and invoking C omni-completion runs that command as the editing user. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0735.

CNA assigner: GitHub_M (a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
4.0 8.4 High CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Opam packages affected (1)

conf-vim

Products affected (2)

Product Vendor Version
vim vim 3.2.8
vim vim All Jetson Linux versions prior to r32.5.1

References (4)