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CVE-2026-47167

MEDIUM
5.1
CVSS 4.0
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0496, a code injection vulnerability exists in s:stepmatch() in the cucumber filetype plugin (runtime/ftplugin/cucumber.vim) on Vim builds with +ruby support. Step-definition patterns read from .rb files under the repository's features/*/ or stories/*/ directories are embedded into a Ruby Kernel.eval argument without sufficient escaping, allowing a crafted pattern in an attacker-controlled repository to execute arbitrary Ruby (and through it arbitrary shell commands) when the user invokes a step-jump mapping ([d, ]d). This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0496.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-47167
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Reserved
2026-05-18 21:25 UTC
Published
2026-06-11 18:31 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-12 12:47 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-94
CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Inject…
Vendor / Product
vim / vim
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

5.1 MEDIUM CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
vim vim — < 9.2.0496
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-94 cna CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-95 cna CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
5.1 MEDIUM 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References (3)
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