CVE-2026-11487

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-06-08. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A flaw has been found in Neovim up to 0.12.2. Affected by this issue is the function M.read of the file runtime/lua/vim/secure.lua of the component View Branch. Executing a manipulation of the argument path can lead to command injection. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is called f83e0dcaf8cf18de94828341b0a1a61a86c75baf. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EPSS
56.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 8, 2026

Last Modified

June 8, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jun 13, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_commit, github_pr.
github_pr

fix(vim.secure): read() command injection vulnerability

Fix merged in neovim/neovim PR #39918 on 2026-05-20 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/39918
generic

`vim.secure.read()` View branch command injection vulnerability · Issue #39914 · neovim/neovim · GitHub

https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/39914
github_commit

commit f83e0dcaf8cf (neovim/neovim)

Fix landed in neovim/neovim commit f83e0dcaf8cf — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/f83e0dcaf8cf18de94828341b0a1a61a86c75baf
generic

GitHub - neovim/neovim: Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability · GitHub

https://github.com/neovim/neovim/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-11487(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 95× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-11487?
CVE-2026-11487 is a medium vulnerability published on June 8, 2026. A flaw has been found in Neovim up to 0.12.2. Affected by this issue is the function M.read of the file runtime/lua/vim/secure.lua of the component View Branch. Executing a manipulation of the argument path can lead to command injection. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The…
When was CVE-2026-11487 disclosed?
CVE-2026-11487 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-11487 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-11487 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 56.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-11487?
CVE-2026-11487 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-11487?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-11487, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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