What is CVE-2026-47167?

CVE-2026-47167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-47167?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

RCE in Vim

CVE-2026-47167

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0496, a code injection vulnerability exists in s:stepmatch() in the cucumber filetype plugin (runtime/ftplugin/cucumber.vim) on Vim builds with +ruby support. Step-defin…

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.001 (3.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Vim — versions < 9.2.0496

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-47167?: CVE-2026-47167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-47167?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.