Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescape(tartail) without the {special} flag, allowing a crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute shell commands in the user's context. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0479.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-filesystem | Oct 11, 2026 | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade vim | May 20, 2026 | May 15, 2026 |
| Redhat Openshift | — | Upgrade ose-rhel-coreos | Aug 26, 2026 | May 15, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-minimal-debuginfoUpgrade vim-dataUpgrade xxdUpgrade xxd-debuginfoUpgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-common-debuginfoUpgrade vim-filesystemUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-debugsourceUpgrade vim-enhanced-debuginfoUpgrade vim-X11-debuginfo | Jun 24, 2026 | May 15, 2026 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade vim-debuginfoUpgrade vim-enhancedUpgrade vim-X11-debuginfoUpgrade vim-common-debuginfoUpgrade vim-debugsourceUpgrade vim-enhanced-debuginfoUpgrade vim-minimalUpgrade vim-X11Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-minimal-debuginfo | Aug 13, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade vim-lesstif (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gtk-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gnome (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gtk (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gnome-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade xxd (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gtk3Upgrade vim-athena-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-motifUpgrade xxdUpgrade vimUpgrade vim-gtk3 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-tinyUpgrade vim-gtkUpgrade vim-gtk3-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-nox-py2 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-runtime (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-commonUpgrade vim-athenaUpgrade vim-tiny (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-gui-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-nox (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-noxUpgrade vim-athena (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade vim-runtimeUpgrade vim-gui-common | Jun 16, 2026 | Jun 9, 2026 |
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