CVE-2026-39881

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-94 Code Injection

Publication date:

08/04/2026

Last modified:

08/04/2026

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0316, a command injection vulnerability in Vim&#39;s netbeans interface allows a malicious netbeans server to execute arbitrary Ex commands when Vim connects to it, via unsanitized strings in the defineAnnoType and specialKeys protocol messages. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0316.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.00

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7ab76a86048ed492374ac6b19
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0316
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-mr87-rhgv-7pw6