CVE-2026-33412 | Vim affected by Command injection via newline in glob()

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability depends on the user's 'shell' setting. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0202.

Published: 2026-03-24 Last update: 2026-03-25 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2026-33412 is rated Low Risk (22.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.01%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-33412

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 2026-03-26 0.05% 0.01% -0.04%
2 2026-03-25 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-33412

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.6 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.3 4.2 [email protected]
7.3 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 1.3 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-33412

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-33412

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2026-33412: 1 source package rows (vim); 331 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 329. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-33412
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-33412 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-2026-33412
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33412
suse medium CVE-2026-33412 severity moderate: SUSE including 55 source package names (13.2-9.95:vim-9.2.0280-slfo.1.1_1.1, 13.2-9.95:vim-data-common-9.2.0280-slfo.1.1_1.1, …), 152 product×package rows across 43 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox, … (43 product lines)): Fixed 104, First Fixed 48. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33412/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-33412 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-2026-33412

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-33412

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vim vim < 9.2.0202 cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-33412

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