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CVE-2025-27423

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Vim is distributed with the tar.vim plugin, that allows easy editing and viewing of (compressed or uncompressed) tar files. Starting with 9.1.0858, the tar.vim plugin uses the ":read" ex command line to append below the cursor position, however the is not sanitized and is taken literally from the tar archive. This allows to execute shell commands via special crafted tar archives. Whether this really happens, depends on the shell being used ('shell' option, which is set using $SHELL). The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1164

Published

2025-03-03T17:15:15.943

Last Modified

2025-08-18T18:20:37.030

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-77

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vim	vim	< 9.1.1164	Yes
Hardware	netapp	hci_compute_node	-	Yes

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/129a8446d23cd9cb4445fcfea259cba5e0487d29 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/334a13bff78aa0ad206bc436885f63e3a0bab399 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-wfmf-8626-q3r3 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250502-0002/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)