Get real-time updates on Telegram
P4
CVE-2026-51400: vim through 9.2.0389 (inclusive); +1 more affected products
CVE-2026-51400. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.4 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00181 (percentile 0.07312), scored 22-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
vim · through 9.2.0389 (inclusive)
vim
n/a · n/a
Vendor not specified by the source
Description’s affected range: v9.2.0389 and earlier
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: within
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
A local attacker can execute arbitrary code via the vms_fixfilename() function within file vim/src/os_vms.c. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.4/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.
- CWE
- CWE-401
- CCR priority
- 33.6 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00181 · percentile 0.07312 · 2026-10-22
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-51400.html