CVE-2026-44656

Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's :find command-line completion. When the path option contains backtick-enclosed shell commands, those commands are executed during file name completion. Because the path option lacks the P_SECURE flag, it can be set from a modeline, allowing an attacker who controls the contents of a file to execute arbitrary shell commands when the user opens that file in Vim and triggers :find completion. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0435.

How to fix CVE-2026-44656

To remediate CVE-2026-44656, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 9.2.0437-r0 or later
• —no fix listed

Is CVE-2026-44656 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 9.2.0437-r0
• from 0

CVSS scores

References (2)

• ADVISORYsecurity.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-44656
• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44656