CVE-2026-51401

A flaw was found in Vim. A local attacker could exploit a vulnerability in the vms_fixfilename() function, allowing them to execute arbitrary code on the system. This could lead to a complete compromise of the affected system.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora build Vim against the POSIX/Linux platform layer (os_unix.c). The vulnerable function, vms_fixfilename(), is defined in os_vms.c, which provides OpenVMS-specific support and is never compiled into Red Hat's or Fedora's Vim packages. As a result, none of Red Hat's shipped Vim builds contain the affected code path.

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