Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives, circumventing the previous fix for CVE-2025-53906. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0280.
Affected products
vim: vim
References1
- github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-jc86-w7vm-8p24 Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.1
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22
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