What is GHSA-c4x9-mpg2-r897?

GHSA-c4x9-mpg2-r897 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. An issue in Vim Project v9.2.0389 and earlier allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-c4x9-mpg2-r897 cover?

GHSA-c4x9-mpg2-r897 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-51400. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-c4x9-mpg2-r897?

GHSA-c4x9-mpg2-r897 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-c4x9-mpg2-r897HighCVSS 8.4

An issue in Vim Project v9.2.0389 and earlier allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 4, 2026

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-51400 →

📋 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

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-51400
https://gist.github.com/jiejiaodedengdai/ff5d34a523167e09b7d8330cc9f5d4e5#file-vim-os_vms-cves-md
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c4x9-mpg2-r897