What is CVE-2025-29768?

CVE-2025-29768 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Bootstrap OS, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-29768?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NetApp Bootstrap OS

CVE-2025-29768

Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with Vim and then press 'x' on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198.

Published 2025-03-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-693p-m996-3rmf (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/vim/vim/commit/f209dcd3defb95bae21b2740910e6aa7bb940531 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-29768?: CVE-2025-29768 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NetApp Bootstrap OS, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2025-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-29768?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.