What is CVE-2026-57453?

CVE-2026-57453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-57453?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

RCE in Vim

CVE-2026-57453

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.1.1784 until 9.2.0678, when the bundled zip plugin autoload/zip.vim falls back to PowerShell to browse, read, extract, update or delete entries in a zip archive, it builds the PowerSh…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Vim — versions >= 9.1.1784, < 9.2.0678

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-57453?: CVE-2026-57453 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vim, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-57453?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.