CVE-2026-47167
Publication date 11 June 2026
Last updated 19 June 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
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-definition patterns read from .rb files under the repository's features/*/ or stories/*/ directories are embedded into a Ruby Kernel.eval argument without sufficient escaping, allowing a crafted pattern in an attacker-controlled repository to execute arbitrary Ruby (and through it arbitrary shell commands) when the user invokes a step-jump mapping ([d, ]d). This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0496.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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| vim | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Fixed 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5
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| 25.10 questing |
Fixed 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Fixed 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
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CVSS version:
Base score
5.1 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-8451-1
- Vim vulnerabilities
- 18 June 2026