Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives, circumventing the previous fix for CVE-2025-53906. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0280.
Published: 2026-04-06
Score: 4.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: File overwrite via path traversal
Action: Upgrade
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8213-1 Vim vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vim
Vim vim
Vendors & Products Vim
Vim vim

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Description Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives, circumventing the previous fix for CVE-2025-53906. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0280.
Title Path traversal issue with zip.vim in Vim
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-07T14:05:50.387Z

Reserved: 2026-04-01T17:26:21.133Z

Link: CVE-2026-35177

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-07T14:05:46.463Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-06T18:16:44.003

Modified: 2026-04-20T18:28:03.593

Link: CVE-2026-35177

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-06T17:54:42Z

Links: CVE-2026-35177 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-07T09:37:53Z

Weaknesses