vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2019-20807: CVE-2019-20807 vim: users can execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces in the rvim restricted mode (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 28, 2020
Added
Nov 5, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

In Vim before 8.1.0881, users can circumvent the rvim restricted mode and execute arbitrary OS commands via scripting interfaces (e.g., Python, Ruby, or Lua).

Solutions

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