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CVE-2026-11487

Neovim View Branch secure.lua M.read command injection

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 8, 2026 at 04:15 AM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 07:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNeovim

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (8)

VDB EntryTechnical Description
Source: cverecord
https://vuldb.com/vuln/369107
SignaturePermissions Required
Source: cverecord
https://vuldb.com/vuln/369107/cti
Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11487
Third Party Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://vuldb.com/submit/834495
ExploitIssue Tracking
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/39914
Issue TrackingPatch
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/39918
Patch
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/f83e0dcaf8cf18de94828341b0a1a61a86c75baf
Product
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMVulDB
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-77CWE-74

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