| Name | CVE-2026-57453 |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Debian Bugs | 1140775 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| vim (PTS) | bullseye | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2:9.1.1230-2 | fixed | |
| forky | 2:9.2.0524-1 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 2:9.2.0782-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vim | source | bullseye | (not affected) | |||
| vim | source | bookworm | (not affected) | |||
| vim | source | trixie | (not affected) | |||
| vim | source | (unstable) | 2:9.2.0782-1 | unimportant | 1140775 |
[trixie] - vim <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bookworm] - vim <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - vim <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-x5fg-h5w9-9frf
Fixed by: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b2cc9be119d51212bf0d3f2a994c7e517c73f4a9 (v9.2.0678)
Only an issue in compbination with executing PowerShell