{"id":"CVE-2026-43961","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-43961","summary":"A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing…","details":"A flaw was found in Vim's netrw plugin. A crafted filename containing quote characters and expression fragments can break out of the quoted context during mark/unmark operations, allowing arbitrary Vimscript execution. This can be leveraged to run shell commands with the privileges of the user running Vim.","published":"2026-08-19T14:17:31.793","modified":"2026-08-19T14:17:31.793","cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43961"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460434"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-66hr-7p6x-x5j3"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","NVD","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-19T14:17:31.793"}}