Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in
runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescape(tartail) without the {special} flag, allowing a crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute shell commands in the user's context. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0479.

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First Time appeared Vim
Vim vim
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Fri, 15 May 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescape(tartail) without the {special} flag, allowing a crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute shell commands in the user's context. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0479.
Title Vim: Command injection in tar#Vimuntar via missing shellescape {special} flag
Weaknesses CWE-78
CWE-88
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T15:57:39.053Z

Reserved: 2026-05-14T18:06:06.810Z

Link: CVE-2026-46483

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T15:57:30.004Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-15T15:16:54.237

Modified: 2026-05-15T15:16:54.237

Link: CVE-2026-46483

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T16:30:03Z

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