CVE-2026-55895

Publication date 25 June 2026

Last updated 2 July 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0663, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwLocalRmFile() in the netrw plugin (runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim) when deleting a local file from the browser. A filename derived from the buffer's directory listing is interpolated into an Ex command line passed to :execute with only the backslash character escaped, allowing a crafted filename containing a bar (|) to terminate the intended command and execute arbitrary Vimscript, including shell commands via :call system() and :!. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0663.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
vim 26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6
25.10 questing
Fixed 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 5.7 · Medium

Vector: 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/E:U

Base score 7.8 · High

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

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