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CVE-2026-51401: vim through 9.2.0389 (inclusive); +1 more affected products
CVE-2026-51401. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.7 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00202 (percentile 0.09569), 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 7.7/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as high; availability impact as none.
- CWE
- CWE-94
- CCR priority
- 30.9 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.7 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00202 · percentile 0.09569 · 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-2026-51401.html