What is CVE-2026-35177?

CVE-2026-35177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2026-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-35177?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Vim

CVE-2026-35177

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-2…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.000 (4.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Vim — versions < 9.2.0280

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-jc86-w7vm-8p24 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35177?: CVE-2026-35177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2026-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-35177?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.