CVE - CVE-2025-27423

CVE-ID
CVE-2025-27423	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Vim is distributed with the tar.vim plugin, that allows easy editing and viewing of (compressed or uncompressed) tar files. Starting with 9.1.0858, the tar.vim plugin uses the ":read" ex command line to append below the cursor position, however the is not sanitized and is taken literally from the tar archive. This allows to execute shell commands via special crafted tar archives. Whether this really happens, depends on the shell being used ('shell' option, which is set using $SHELL). The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1164
References
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MISC:https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/129a8446d23cd9cb4445fcfea259cba5e0487d29 URL:https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/129a8446d23cd9cb4445fcfea259cba5e0487d29 MISC:https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/334a13bff78aa0ad206bc436885f63e3a0bab399 URL:https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/334a13bff78aa0ad206bc436885f63e3a0bab399 MISC:https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-wfmf-8626-q3r3 URL:https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-wfmf-8626-q3r3
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GitHub (maintainer security advisories)
Date Record Created
20250224	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20250224)
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