Bug 2477915 (CVE-2026-46483) - CVE-2026-46483 vim: command injection when decompressing .tgz archives
Summary: CVE-2026-46483 vim: command injection when decompressing .tgz archives
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46483
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2480198
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Reported: 2026-05-15 16:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-20 16:20 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-15 16:01:22 UTC 
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.
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