CVE-2026-41411

Name	CVE-2026-41411
Description	Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0357, A command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file processing. When resolving a tag, the filename field from the tags file is passed through wildcard expansion to resolve environment variables and wildcards. If the filename field contains backtick syntax (e.g., `command`), Vim executes the embedded command via the system shell with the full privileges of the running user.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vim (PTS)	bullseye	2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3	vulnerable
	bookworm	2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2	vulnerable
	trixie	2:9.1.1230-2	vulnerable
	forky, sid	2:9.2.0355-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vim	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-cwgx-gcj7-6qh8
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c78194e41d5a0b05b0ddf383b6679b1503f977fb (v9.2.0357)