CVE-2026-47162

Name	CVE-2026-47162
Description	Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave() in the netrw plugin (runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim) when serializing browsed directory paths to the history file ~/.vim/.netrwhist. A directory name derived from the filesystem is interpolated into a single-quoted Vimscript string literal without escaping embedded single quotes, allowing a crafted directory name to break out of the string context and execute arbitrary Vimscript, including shell commands via system() and :!, the next time the history file is sourced. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0495.
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
	sid, forky	2:9.2.0524-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vim	source	(unstable)	2:9.2.0524-1

Notes

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-crm5-rh6j-2c7c
Fixed by: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f08ab2f4d7d2947c8dd6c179ae08ee6146a2694b (v9.2.0495)