CVE-2026-35177

Path traversal issue with zip.vim in Vim

State: Published
Severity: 4.1 Medium
Published: Apr 6, 2026
Updated: Apr 7, 2026
Reserved: Apr 1, 2026

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives, circumventing the previous fix for CVE-2025-53906. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0280.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	4.1 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vimvim	< 9.2.0280Affected

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-jc86-w7vm-8p24

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