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title: "CVE-2026-47167\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2026-47167

Publication date 11 June 2026

Last updated 19 June 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.3 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-47167?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0496,
a code injection vulnerability exists in s:stepmatch() in the cucumber
filetype plugin (runtime/ftplugin/cucumber.vim) on Vim builds with +ruby
support. Step-definition patterns read from .rb files under the
repository's features/\*/ or stories/\*/ directories are embedded into a Ruby
Kernel.eval argument without sufficient escaping, allowing a crafted
pattern in an attacker-controlled repository to execute arbitrary Ruby (and
through it arbitrary shell commands) when the user invokes a step-jump
mapping ([d, ]d). This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0496.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vim | 26.04 LTS resolute | Fixed 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.5 |
| 25.10 questing | Fixed 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.7 |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.16 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.32 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm8  Ubuntu Pro |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm20  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm35  Ubuntu Pro |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29  Ubuntu Pro |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-47167?format=md#patch-details)

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### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| vim | * Upstream:   [a65a52d](https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a65a52d684bc58535ad28a4ae824d22e76399934) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

CVSS v4.0

[CVSS v4.0](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-47167?format=md)
[CVSS v3.0](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-47167?format=md)

**Base score**

5.1 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Attack requirements | None |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | Passive |
  | Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact | Low |
  | Vulnerable system - Integrity impact | Low |
  | Vulnerable system - Availability impact | Low |
  | Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Subsequent system - Integrity impact | None |
  | Subsequent system - Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.1 · Medium |
  | Base + Threat score | - |
  | Base + Environmental score | - |
  | Base + Threat + Environmental score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-47167)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47167)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2026-47167)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-47167)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-8451-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-8451-1)
+ Vim vulnerabilities
+ 18 June 2026

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47167>
* <https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-4473-94jm-w5x9>
* <https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a65a52d684bc58535ad28a4ae824d22e76399934>
* <https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0496>