CVE-2026-28417 | Vim has OS Command Injection in netrw

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the `netrw` standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the `scp://` protocol handler), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. Version 9.2.0073 fixes the issue.

Published: 2026-02-27 Last update: 2026-03-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-28417 is rated Low Risk (18.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-28417

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-05 0.08% 0.01% -0.06%
2 2026-02-28 — 0.08% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-28417

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 2.5 [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-28417

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-28417

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2026-28417: 1 source package rows (vim); 326 state rows across 7 repos (3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, 3.23-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 2, open 324. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-28417
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-28417 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (vim), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-28417
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28417
suse medium CVE-2026-28417 severity moderate: SUSE including 313 source package names (13.2-9.95:glibc-2.38-slfo.1.1_6.1, 13.2-9.95:glibc-locale-2.38-slfo.1.1_6.1, …), 582 product×package rows across 110 product lines (Container rancher/elemental-channel/sl-micro, Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server, … (110 product lines)): Fixed 345, Known Affected 231, First Fixed 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28417/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-28417 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vim), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-28417

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-28417

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vim vim < 9.2.0073 cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-28417

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