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CVE-2019-14957

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-922

Description

The JetBrains Vim plugin before version 0.52 was storing individual project data in the global vim_settings.xml file. This xml file could be synchronized to a publicly accessible GitHub repository.

Affected products

• JetBrains Vim: before 0.52 — fixed in 0.52

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: JetBrains Vim 0.52. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/09/26/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q2-2019/
• https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2019/09/26/jetbrains-security-bulletin-q2-2019/

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