vim up to 9.2.0279 zip.vim Plugin path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in vim up to 9.2.0279. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component zip.vim Plugin. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-35177. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vim up to 9.2.0279. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component zip.vim Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives, circumventing the previous fix for CVE-2025-53906. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0280.

The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-35177 since 04/01/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 305104 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-35177), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.2.0280 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (305104). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Word Processing Software

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• vim

Version

• 9.2.0279

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• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/vim/vim/

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