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Security incident · CVE-2025-53905

Vim is an open source, command line text editor.

Published Jul 15, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 4, 2025 · Vim is an open

Last checked Oct 28, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53905. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Vim is an open is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Vim is an open).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.1
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.32%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor vim vim < 9.1.1552

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some st

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor vim vim < 9.1.1552< 9.1.1552

How to fix CVE-2025-53905

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53905. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Vim is an open is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with vim vim < 9.1.1552 < 9.1.1552. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locati

  2. Nov 4, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locati

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-53905

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-53905

    30-day exploitation probability 0.32%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-21555

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. Ho

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 28, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 28, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026