UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46483 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46483

HIGH7.0

Published May 15, 2026

Modified 1 weeks ago

Details

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d commands using shellescape(tartail) without the {special} flag, allowing a crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute shell commands in the user's context. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0479.

Affected Packages

vim

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Affected versions:

2:8.2.2434-3ubuntu32:8.2.2434-3ubuntu42:8.2.3565-1ubuntu12:8.2.3565-1ubuntu22:8.2.3565-1ubuntu32:8.2.3565-1ubuntu52:8.2.3995-1ubuntu12:8.2.3995-1ubuntu22:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.12:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.10+24 more

vim

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Affected versions:

2:9.0.1672-1ubuntu22:9.0.2087-1ubuntu12:9.0.2116-1ubuntu12:9.0.2116-1ubuntu22:9.0.2184-0ubuntu12:9.0.2189-1ubuntu12:9.1.0-1ubuntu12:9.1.0016-1ubuntu22:9.1.0016-1ubuntu62:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7+14 more

vim

Ubuntu 25.10

Affected versions:

2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu42:9.1.0967-1ubuntu52:9.1.0967-1ubuntu62:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.12:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.22:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.32:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.42:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.5

vim

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Affected versions:

2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu62:9.1.1882-1ubuntu12:9.1.1882-1ubuntu22:9.1.2141-1ubuntu12:9.1.2141-1ubuntu22:9.1.2141-1ubuntu42:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.12:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.2

vim

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

Affected versions:

2:7.4.000-1ubuntu22:7.4.052-1ubuntu12:7.4.052-1ubuntu22:7.4.052-1ubuntu32:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.12:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm12:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm102:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm112:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm122:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm13+21 more

vim

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

Affected versions:

2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu12:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.12:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.22:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.32:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.42:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.52:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm102:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm112:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm122:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm13+32 more

vim

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

Affected versions:

2:8.0.0197-4ubuntu52:8.0.1144-1ubuntu12:8.0.1401-1ubuntu12:8.0.1401-1ubuntu22:8.0.1401-1ubuntu32:8.0.1453-1ubuntu12:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.102:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.112:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.12+24 more

vim

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

Affected versions:

2:8.1.0875-5ubuntu22:8.1.0875-5ubuntu32:8.1.0875-5ubuntu42:8.1.2269-1ubuntu12:8.1.2269-1ubuntu42:8.1.2269-1ubuntu52:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.112:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.122:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.132:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.14+26 more

References

REPORT

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3fb5e58fbc63d86a3e65f1a141b0d67af2aa38a1

REPORT

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3fb5e58fbc63d86a3e65f1a141b0d67af2aa38a1

REPORT

https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0479

REPORT

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-2fpv-9ff7-xg5w

REPORT

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46483

REPORT