CVE•Published 2026-05-15•Modified 2026-05-19•0 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-46483Vim · Vim

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

3.6

LOW

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

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')CWE-88Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')

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.

Timeline

Published 2026-05-15

Modified 2026-05-19

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB Sploitus VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-46483

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Vim Vim"

All exposed Vim Vim instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Vim"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Vim" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-46483