Medium 5.3Published Jun 8, 2026

CVE-2026-11487Neovim View Branch secure.lua M.read command injection

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:23 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-77, CWE-74
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulDB
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jun 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

n/a Neovim neovim:neovim	0.12.0; 0.12.1; 0.12.2	CNA record

References

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/369107	vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/369107/cti	signature, permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-11487	third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/834495	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/39914	exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/39918	issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/commit/f83e0dcaf8cf18de94828341b0a1a61a86c75baf	patch
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/	product

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