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

- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.2.0202
- Published: 2026-03-24 · Updated: 2026-09-01

## Affected

- vim: fixed in 9.2.0202

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vim, upgrade to a fixed version (9.2.0202) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-w5jw-f54h-x46c
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/645ed6597d1ea896c712cd7ddbb6edee79577e9a
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0202

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