Security Advisory catalog CVE-2026-43961 Historical advisory recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. Read the latest advisory .
cve-program · CVE-2026-43961 Published
A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing arbitrary Vimscript execution. This can be leveraged to run shell commands with the privileges of the user running Vim.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-43961 Published vim Vendor product
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"repo": "https://github.com/vim/vim/",
"vendor": "vim",
"product": "vim",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "9.2.0480",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
} vim-main https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Hardened Images",
"collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
"packageName": "vim-main",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"versions": [
{
"version": "9.2.967-1.1.hum1",
"lessThan": "*",
"versionType": "rpm",
"status": "unaffected"
}
],
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1"
]
} vim https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "vim",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
]
} vim https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "vim",
"defaultStatus": "unknown",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
]
} vim https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "vim",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
]
} vim https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "vim",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
]
} vim https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "vim",
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
]
} openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
]
} openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
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{
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"cpes": [
"cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
]
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