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CVE-2026-57453

Vim: PowerShell Command Injection via Unescaped Filename in zip.vim Extraction

Published: Jun 25, 2026Updated: Jun 26, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-77
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.1.1784 until 9.2.0678, when the bundled zip plugin autoload/zip.vim falls back to PowerShell to browse, read, extract, update or delete entries in a zip archive, it builds the PowerShell command by inserting archive entry names that are quoted only for the shell, not for PowerShell. A crafted entry name can break out of the intended string context and cause PowerShell to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running Vim, triggered by opening, viewing or extracting the archive. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0678.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

vim
oss-projectaka gvim, vi, vim/vim
vimOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / file-utility

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b2cc9be119d51212bf0d3f2a99
github.com
https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0678
github.com
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-x5fg-h5w9-9frf
github.com

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