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CVE-2026-39881 (GCVE-0-2026-39881)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-08 20:18 – Updated: 2026-04-09 13:50
VLAI
Title
Vim Ex command injection in Vims NetBeans integration
Summary
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0316, a command injection vulnerability in Vim's netbeans interface allows a malicious netbeans server to execute arbitrary Ex commands when Vim connects to it, via unsanitized strings in the defineAnnoType and specialKeys protocol messages. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0316.
Severity
5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-09 13:50 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
vim vim Affected: < 9.2.0316
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