Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-51401

CVSS 3.1
7.7High

Official 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

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.7High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
No product information recorded.

References and advisories

3
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Details

Published
2026-08-04
Last updated
2026-08-05
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
mitre

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.2%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
10.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-94
    Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')