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CVE-2026-43961

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-08-19 Modified: 2026-08-19

Description

A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing arbitrary Vimscript execution. This can be leveraged to run shell commands with the privileges of the user running Vim.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-94

References