CVE-2026-57456

NameCVE-2026-57456
DescriptionVim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0699, Vim's Python omni-completion (runtime/autoload/python3complete.vim and the legacy pythoncomplete.vim) executes reconstructed function and class definitions from the current buffer with exec() as part of populating the completion dictionary. When reconstructing that source, each scope's docstring is inserted verbatim between triple quotes with no escaping, so a hostile buffer can break out of the triple-quoted literal and execute attacker-controlled Python during omni-completion. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0699.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vim (PTS)bullseye2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2vulnerable
trixie2:9.1.1230-2vulnerable
forky, sid2:9.2.0524-1vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vimsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-ppj8-wqjf-6fp3
Fixed by: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/cce141c42740f122dd8486ae04e21c2a81016ba8 (v9.2.0699)

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