CVE-2026-52858
A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in vim to execute code and cause a denial of service condition.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in vim can be exploited by a local attacker to execute code and cause a denial of service condition.
- Who is affected
- Local attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities in affected versions of vim.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the potential for code execution and denial of service.
- Action
- Update vim to the latest version.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] vim: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-08-19
- unknownCVE-2026-52858: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Python Omni-Completionmsrc · 2026-06-09
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