{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-05-08T22:40:49Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via :find command-line completion",
    "id" : "2468420",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2468420"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.3",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-78",
  "details" : [ "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.", "A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. An attacker who controls the contents of a file can exploit an OS command injection vulnerability in Vim's `:find` command-line completion. This occurs when the `path` option, which can be set from a modeline, contains backtick-enclosed shell commands. These commands are then executed when a user opens the malicious file and triggers `:find` completion, leading to arbitrary command execution." ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "vim",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "vim",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "vim",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "vim",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "vim",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "rhcos",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44656\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44656\nhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/190cb3c2b9c769a3972bcfd991a7b5b6cb771ef0\nhttps://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0435\nhttps://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-hwg5-3cxw-wvvg" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-44656",
  "csaw" : false
}