CVE-2026-51401

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-51401
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-04 21:16:36 UTC
Updated2026-09-04 13:33:02 UTC
DescriptionAn 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

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.7 HIGH from ADP

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

EPSS: 0.001360000 probability, percentile 0.033700000 (date 2026-09-07)

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a | CWE-94 CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED7.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.7HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vim Vim All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/src/os_vms.c [email protected] github.com Product
gist.github.com/jiejiaodedengdai/ff5d34a523167e09b7d8330cc9f5d4e5 [email protected] gist.github.com Third Party Advisory
github.com/vim/vim [email protected] github.com Product
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