# CVE-2026-52860: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Python Omni-Completion

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.2.0597
- Published: 2026-06-11 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- vim: fixed in 9.2.0597

## Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0597, Vim's Python omni-completion executes reconstructed function and class definitions from the current buffer with exec() as part of populating the completion dictionary. Python evaluates function default values, parameter annotations, and class base expressions at definition time, so a hostile buffer can execute attacker-controlled Python expressions during omni-completion. The existing g:pythoncomplete_allow_import mitigation (GHSA-52mc-rq6p-rc7c) does not cover this path, because the attacker-controlled code is not a harvested import/from statement. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0597.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on vim, upgrade to a fixed version (9.2.0597) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-65p9-mwwx-7468
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-52mc-rq6p-rc7c
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c8c63673bc4253212820626aeeb75999d9a539d2
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0597

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