CVE-2025-664767.8HighCWE-427

CVE-2025-66476: Vim for Windows Uncontrolled Search Path Element Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

vim

Affected: vim · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

40th percentile

050100

Higher than 40% of scored CVEs

7.8HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1947, an uncontrolled search path vulnerability on Windows allows Vim to execute malicious executables placed in the current working directory for the current edited file. On Windows, when using cmd.exe as a shell, Vim resolves external commands by searching the current working directory before system paths. When Vim invokes tools such as findstr for :grep, external commands or filters via :!, or compiler/:make commands, it may inadvertently run a malicious executable present in the same directory as the file being edited. The issue affects Vim for Windows prior to version 9.1.1947.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

vim · vim< 9.1.1947

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Uncontrolled Search Path · File and Path Handling
Vendor: vim
Published: December 2025
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), December 2025

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