Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0561, the Python omni-completion script in python3complete.vim for Vim with the +python3 interpreter enabled (and the legacy pythoncomplete.vim for builds with the +python interpreter) executes the import and from statements found in the current buffer through Python's import machinery. Because the buffer's working directory is on sys.path, opening a hostile .py file with a sibling Python package and invoking omni-completion runs that package's top-level code as the editing user. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0561.
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| Description | Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0561, the Python omni-completion script in python3complete.vim for Vim with the +python3 interpreter enabled (and the legacy pythoncomplete.vim for builds with the +python interpreter) executes the import and from statements found in the current buffer through Python's import machinery. Because the buffer's working directory is on sys.path, opening a hostile .py file with a sibling Python package and invoking omni-completion runs that package's top-level code as the editing user. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0561. | |
| Title | Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Python Omni-Completion | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-829 CWE-94 CWE-95 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-11T18:32:32.722Z
Reserved: 2026-06-08T18:41:27.724Z
Link: CVE-2026-52858
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-06-11T19:16:47.487
Modified: 2026-06-11T19:16:47.487
Link: CVE-2026-52858
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