vim up to 9.2.0382 URL os command injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in vim up to 9.2.0382. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component URL Handler. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-42307. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in vim up to 9.2.0382. This affects an unknown function of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0383.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-42307 since 04/26/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 T1202 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 313604 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-42307), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.2.0383 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 405e2fb6d54d5653523809e2853d99d1c000a5fc is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (313604) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-1240). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• SUSE Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source vim

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• Word Processing Software

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• vim

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• 9.2.0382

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• open-source

Website

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

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