CVE-2026-52858
Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Python Omni-Completion
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.3 High
- Published
- Jun 11, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 12, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 8, 2026
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0561, the Python omni-completion script in python3complete.vim for Vim with the +python3 interpreter enabled (and the legacy pythoncomplete.vim for builds with the +python interpreter) executes the import and from statements found in the current buffer through Python's import machinery. Because the buffer's working directory is on sys.path, opening a hostile .py file with a sibling Python package and invoking omni-completion runs that package's top-level code as the editing user. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0561.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.3 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
vimvim |
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References
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