CVE-2026-35177

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 Reserved 2026-04-01 | Published 2026-04-06 | Updated 2026-04-07 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

References

github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-jc86-w7vm-8p24

cve.org (CVE-2026-35177)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-35177)

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