Bug 2514058 (CVE-2026-73078) - CVE-2026-73078 vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted Netrw Menu Entries
Summary: CVE-2026-73078 vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted Netrw Menu Entries
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-73078
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-11 16:11 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 11:56 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:66336 0 None None None 2026-09-10 06:31:44 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:66348 0 None None None 2026-09-10 08:56:10 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:66366 0 None None None 2026-09-10 11:43:13 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:68711 0 None None None 2026-09-17 19:08:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:70818 0 None None None 2026-09-23 15:54:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:72465 0 None None None 2026-09-28 11:56:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:72466 0 None None None 2026-09-28 11:30:22 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-11 16:11:23 UTC 
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu commands. s:NetrwBookmarkMenu(), s:NetrwTgtMenu(), g:netrw_menu_escape, EX_TRLBAR, and netrw#MakeTgt() fail to neutralize the | command separator or single quotes at five construction sites, allowing a crafted path browsed or bookmarked in GUI Vim to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0840.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-09-10 06:31:42 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:66336 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66336
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-09-10 08:56:08 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:66348 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66348
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-09-10 11:43:11 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:66366 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66366
Comment 5 Jon Orris 2026-09-17 19:08:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support

Via RHSA-2026:68711 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68711
Comment 6 Jon Orris 2026-09-23 15:54:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:70818 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70818
Comment 7 Jon Orris 2026-09-28 11:30:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:72466 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72466
Comment 8 Jon Orris 2026-09-28 11:56:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:72465 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:72465
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