CVE-2026-73078

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.3% (24th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Trending — Patch released this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu commands. s:NetrwBookmarkMenu(), s:NetrwTgtMenu(), g:netrw_menu_escape, EX_TRLBAR, and netrw#MakeTgt() fail to neutralize the | command separator or single quotes at five construction sites, allowing a crafted path browsed or bookmarked in GUI Vim to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0840.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
22nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

October 6, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github, github_commit.
github_commit

commit 29c6fd090d45 (vim/vim)

Fix landed in vim/vim commit 29c6fd090d45 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/29c6fd090d4520592f8be7d9ec81190edf25ef69
githubMentions a patch (unverified)

Arbitrary Code Execution via Netrw Menu Construction in Vim < 9.2.0840 · Advisory · vim/vim · GitHub

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-rcr7-f3wr-22r2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-73078(20)

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

Patch Availability(30)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrhai/base-image-cuda-12.9-rhel9:17907037062026-10-05redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cuda-13.0-rhel9:17907036452026-10-05redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-rubin-rhel9:17907037072026-10-05redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-rocm-7.14-rhel9:17907035542026-10-05redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-neuron-rhel9:17907035572026-10-05redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-tpu-rhel9:17907035542026-10-05redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cpu-rhel9:17907036562026-10-05redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-spyre-rhel9:17907036302026-10-05redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cuda-13.0-rhel9:17907036412026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-gaudi-rhel9:17907035522026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-rocm-7.1-rhel9:17907035412026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-spyre-rhel9:17907035972026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-gaudi-rhel9:17907035532026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cuda-12.9-rhel9:17907036302026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-rocm-6.4-rhel9:17907035452026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cpu-rhel9:17907036312026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-neuron-rhel9:17907035422026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-tpu-rhel9:17907035392026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-rocm-rhel9:17907035062026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-rocm-rhel9:17907034942026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-neuron-rhel9:17907035162026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cuda-12.9-rhel9:17907036082026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-tpu-rhel9:17907034972026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-tpu-rhel9:17907035162026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cpu-rhel9:17907036152026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cuda-13.0-rhel9:17907036012026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cpu-rhel9:17907035902026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-cuda-rhel9:17907035862026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-rocm-7.0-rhel9:17907035162026-10-01redhat
redhatrhai/base-image-spyre-rhel9:17907035682026-10-01redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vim—
  • every version up to 9.2.0854-r0: fixed in 9.2.0854-r0
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vim2:9.0.1378-2 ... 2:9.2.0858-1 (45 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vim2:9.1.1230-2 ... 2:9.2.0858-1 (19 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vim2:9.1.1230-2 ... 2:9.2.0782-1 (18 versions)
  • every version up to 2:9.2.0858-1: fixed in 2:9.2.0858-1
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Weakness Classification(2)

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

All Vendor Advisories

(25)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 87× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 185 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-10 20:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-10-07 08:12 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-10-06 19:38 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.20
  7. 2026-10-06 19:38 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-06 19:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8
  9. 2026-10-06 17:53 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-06 17:53 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-01 10:28 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-73078?
CVE-2026-73078 is a high vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu…
When was CVE-2026-73078 disclosed?
CVE-2026-73078 was first published on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on October 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-73078 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-73078 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (22nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-73078?
CVE-2026-73078 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-73078?
A fix for CVE-2026-73078 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-73078 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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