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Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0597, Vim's Python omni-completion executes reconstructed function and class definitions from the current buffer with exec() as part of populating the completion dictionary. Python evaluates function default values, parameter annotations, and class base expressions at definition time, so a hostile buffer can execute attacker-controlled Python expressions during omni-completion. The existing g:pythoncomplete_allow_import mitigation (GHSA-52mc-rq6p-rc7c) does not cover this path, because the attacker-controlled code is not a harvested import/from statement. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0597.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-06-08 | Published 2026-06-11 | Updated 2026-06-12 | Assigner GitHub_M




HIGH: 7.5CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Product status

< 9.2.0597
affected

References

github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-65p9-mwwx-7468

github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-52mc-rq6p-rc7c

github.com/...ommit/c8c63673bc4253212820626aeeb75999d9a539d2

github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0597

cve.org (CVE-2026-52860)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-52860)

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