CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-11487

MediumCVSS 5.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.92%

57th percentile - higher than 57% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Neovim up to version 0.12.2, the M.read function in runtime/lua/vim/secure.lua of the View Branch component is vulnerable to command injection via manipulation of the path argument. The attack can be launched locally and an exploit has been published.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker can execute arbitrary system commands in the context of the user running Neovim, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Apply the patch f83e0dcaf8cf18de94828341b0a1a61a86c75baf or update Neovim to a patched version.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS