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#2 BleepingComputer general March 31, 2026 at 21:45 UTC

Claude AI finds Vim, Emacs RCE bugs that trigger on file open

By Bill Toulas

AI Summary

Security researchers discovered remote code execution vulnerabilities in Vim and GNU Emacs text editors using simple prompts with Claude AI assistant, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code merely by opening a malicious file. The discovery demonstrates how AI tools can be leveraged to identify critical flaws in widely-used development tools.

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