๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-39881

MEDIUM 5.0

Vim Ex command injection in Vims NetBeans integration

CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
33th

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.

CWE CWE-94
Vendor vim
Product vim
Published Apr 8, 2026
Last Updated Apr 9, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Affected Versions

vim / vim
< 9.2.0316

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-mr87-rhgv-7pw6 github.com: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/7ab76a86048ed492374ac6b19 github.com: https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0316