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.
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| 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. | |
| Title | Vim: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwBookHistSave() via crafted directory name | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-74 CWE-94 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-06-11T18:32:14.471Z
Reserved: 2026-05-18T21:25:34.496Z
Link: CVE-2026-47162
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-06-11T19:16:44.160
Modified: 2026-06-11T19:16:44.160
Link: CVE-2026-47162
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