CVE-2026-51401

Publication date 4 August 2026

Last updated 22 October 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An issue in Vim Project v9.2.0389 and earlier allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the vms_fixfilename() function within file vim/src/os_vms.c

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
vim	26.10 stonking	Not affected
	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

This issue only affects VMS

kkernick

This vulnerability appears to be AI-generated, with no fix in the specified release, and does not appear to have been disclosed to upstream.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.7 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.7 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N