CVE-2026-47162
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in vim to execute arbitrary program code.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in vim allow an attacker to execute arbitrary program code.
- Who is affected
- Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities in affected versions of vim.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for arbitrary code execution.
- Action
- Patch vim to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.25% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 17% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] vim: Multiple vulnerabilities allow code executioncert-bund · 2026-08-19
- unknownCVE-2026-47162: Vim: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwBookHistSave() via crafted directory namemsrc · 2026-06-09
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