CVE-2026-35177 — Path traversal issue with zip.vim in Vim

Affected: vim

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives, circumventing the previous fix for CVE-2025-53906. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0280.

USN-8213-1 — vim vulnerabilities

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: vim, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: vim, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: vim, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS: vim, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: vim, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: vim, Ubuntu:25.10: vim

Michał Majchrowicz discovered that Vim's zip plugin could overwrite arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete sensitive data or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-35177)

It was discovered that Vim's netbeans interface did not properly sanitize certain strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-39881)

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CVE-2026-35177 — Path traversal issue with zip.vim in Vim

USN-8213-1 — vim vulnerabilities