CVE-2026-57453

Vim: PowerShell Command Injection via Unescaped Filename in zip.vim Extraction

Published Jun 25, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.1.1784 until 9.2.0678, when the bundled zip plugin autoload/zip.vim falls back to PowerShell to browse, read, extract, update or delete entries in a zip archive, it builds the PowerShell command by inserting archive entry names that are quoted only for the shell, not for PowerShell. A crafted entry name can break out of the intended string context and cause PowerShell to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running Vim, triggered by opening, viewing or extracting the archive. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0678.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8500-1 Vim vulnerabilities
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Vim
Vim vim
Vendors & Products Vim
Vim vim
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Description Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.1.1784 until 9.2.0678, when the bundled zip plugin autoload/zip.vim falls back to PowerShell to browse, read, extract, update or delete entries in a zip archive, it builds the PowerShell command by inserting archive entry names that are quoted only for the shell, not for PowerShell. A crafted entry name can break out of the intended string context and cause PowerShell to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running Vim, triggered by opening, viewing or extracting the archive. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0678.
Title Vim: PowerShell Command Injection via Unescaped Filename in zip.vim Extraction
Weaknesses CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jun 26, 2026, 4:01 PM
Reserved
Jun 24, 2026, 1:21 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jun 25, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jun 26, 2026, 5:16 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 25, 2026, 3:26 PM