Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0845, StructMembers() in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim constructs and executes a vimgrep command using an insufficiently escaped typeref: or typename: value from a tags file, allowing an unterminated collection followed by a command separator to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands when a user invokes C omni-completion with CTRL-X CTRL-O on a member access whose type is resolved from that tags file. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0845.
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First Time appeared Vim
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Vendors & Products Vim
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0845, StructMembers() in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim constructs and executes a vimgrep command using an insufficiently escaped typeref: or typename: value from a tags file, allowing an unterminated collection followed by a command separator to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands when a user invokes C omni-completion with CTRL-X CTRL-O on a member access whose type is resolved from that tags file. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0845.
Title Vim: Arbitrary Ex Command Execution in C Omni-Completion
Weaknesses CWE-829
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:31:10.075Z

Reserved: 2026-08-10T19:37:41.444Z

Link: CVE-2026-73073

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:31:05.870Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-18T16:18:16.730

Modified: 2026-08-18T16:18:16.730

Link: CVE-2026-73073

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T18:00:04Z