patch 9.2.0350: Enabling modelines poses a risk

Commit: 
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4c287947164fe26a6bd32e1c9362668388ae7457
Author: Christian Brabandt <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Apr 14 18:51:54 2026 +0000

    patch 9.2.0350: Enabling modelines poses a risk
    
    Problem:  Enabling modelines poses a risk, cannot whitelist specific
              modelines
    Solution: Include the 'modelinestrict' option, enabled by default, that
              allows only a few very specific modelines, all others will be
              ignored
    
    When set (which it is by default), only the following settings will be
    applied, all others will be ignored:
    
      'autoindent'
      'cindent'
      'commentstring'
      'expandtab'
      'filetype'
      'foldcolumn'
      'foldenable'
      'foldmethod'
      'modifiable'
      'readonly'
      'rightleft'
      'shiftwidth'
      'smartindent'
      'softtabstop'
      'spell'
      'spelllang'
      'tabstop'
      'textwidth'
      'varsofttabstop'
      'vartabstop'
    
    Supported by AI
    
    closes: #19875
    
    Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <[email protected]>

diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 4d40b8aa5..627d96540 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -6199,6 +6199,48 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description 
can be found at |Q_op|.
        NOTE: 'modeline' is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
        set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
 
+                   *'modelinestrict'* *'mlst'* *'nomodelinestrict'* *'nomlst'*
+'modelinestrict' 'mlst'        boolean (default: on)
+                       global
+       When on, only a safe subset of options can be set from a |modeline|.
+       The following options are allowed:
+               'autoindent'
+               'cindent'
+               'commentstring'
+               'expandtab'
+               'filetype'
+               'foldcolumn'
+               'foldenable'
+               'foldmethod'
+               'modifiable'
+               'readonly'
+               'rightleft'
+               'shiftwidth'
+               'smartindent'
+               'softtabstop'
+               'spell'
+               'spelllang'
+               'tabstop'
+               'textwidth'
+               'varsofttabstop'
+               'vartabstop'
+
+       Any other option set from a modeline will be silently ignored.
+       This option cannot be set from a |modeline| or in the |sandbox|, for
+       security reasons.
+
+       The behaviour of 'modeline', 'modelinestrict' and 'modelineexpr' is
+       as follows:
+
+       'modeline'| 'modelinestrict'| 'modelineexpr' | Meaning
+       ----------+-----------------+-------------------+--------~
+          on     |    off          |   on           | All options can be set
+          on     |    on           |   any          | Only whitelisted
+                 |                 |                | options can be set
+          on     |    off          |   off          | All options except for
+                 |                 |                | expr options can be set
+          off    |    any          |   any          | No options can be set
+
                                *'modifiable'* *'ma'* *'nomodifiable'* *'noma'*
                                *E21*
 'modifiable' 'ma'      boolean (default on)
diff --git a/runtime/doc/quickref.txt b/runtime/doc/quickref.txt
index 770983780..8f6aca046 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/quickref.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/quickref.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*quickref.txt* For Vim version 9.2.  Last change: 2026 Apr 07
+*quickref.txt* For Vim version 9.2.  Last change: 2026 Apr 09
 
 
                  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ Short explanation of each option:           *option-list*
 'modeline'       'ml'      recognize modelines at start or end of file
 'modelineexpr'   'mle'     allow setting expression options from a modeline
 'modelines'      'mls'     number of lines checked for modelines
+'modelinestrict'  'mlst'    only allow safe options in modelines
 'modifiable'     'ma'      changes to the text are not possible
 'modified'       'mod'     buffer has been modified
 'more'                     pause listings when the whole screen is filled
diff --git a/runtime/doc/tags b/runtime/doc/tags
index c4bc58fc9..4d31cc51a 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/tags
+++ b/runtime/doc/tags
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@ $quote      eval.txt        /*$quote*
 'ml'   options.txt     /*'ml'*
 'mle'  options.txt     /*'mle'*
 'mls'  options.txt     /*'mls'*
+'mlst' options.txt     /*'mlst'*
 'mm'   options.txt     /*'mm'*
 'mmd'  options.txt     /*'mmd'*
 'mmp'  options.txt     /*'mmp'*
@@ -539,6 +540,7 @@ $quote      eval.txt        /*$quote*
 'modeline'     options.txt     /*'modeline'*
 'modelineexpr' options.txt     /*'modelineexpr'*
 'modelines'    options.txt     /*'modelines'*
+'modelinestrict'       options.txt     /*'modelinestrict'*
 'modifiable'   options.txt     /*'modifiable'*
 'modified'     options.txt     /*'modified'*
 'mopt' options.txt     /*'mopt'*
@@ -706,9 +708,11 @@ $quote     eval.txt        /*$quote*
 'nomh' options.txt     /*'nomh'*
 'noml' options.txt     /*'noml'*
 'nomle'        options.txt     /*'nomle'*
+'nomlst'       options.txt     /*'nomlst'*
 'nomod'        options.txt     /*'nomod'*
 'nomodeline'   options.txt     /*'nomodeline'*
 'nomodelineexpr'       options.txt     /*'nomodelineexpr'*
+'nomodelinestrict'     options.txt     /*'nomodelinestrict'*
 'nomodifiable' options.txt     /*'nomodifiable'*
 'nomodified'   options.txt     /*'nomodified'*
 'nomore'       options.txt     /*'nomore'*
diff --git a/runtime/doc/version9.txt b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
index 54449a542..fa8c5355c 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/version9.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
@@ -52634,6 +52634,8 @@ Changed ~
 - |js_decode()| rejects lone surrogates
 - virtual text properties on lines deleted by a multi-line substitute
   are moved to the resulting joined line instead of being dropped.
+- Only a few whitelisted options are allowed to be set by a modeline to
+  improve overall security, see for details: 'modelinestrict'
 
                                                        *added-9.3*
 Added ~
@@ -52650,6 +52652,7 @@ Autocommands: ~
 
 Options: ~
 
+'modelinestrict'       Only allow safe options to be set from a modeline.
 'pumopt'               Additional options for the popup menu
 'statuslineopt'                Extra window-local options for the 
'statusline', to
                        configure the height.
diff --git a/runtime/optwin.vim b/runtime/optwin.vim
index 522ffed54..73243e77f 100644
--- a/runtime/optwin.vim
+++ b/runtime/optwin.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " These commands create the option window.
 "
 " Maintainer:  The Vim Project <https://github.com/vim/vim>
-" Last Change: 2026 Apr 07
+" Last Change: 2026 Apr 09
 " Former Maintainer:   Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]>
 
 " If there already is an option window, jump to that one.
@@ -1108,6 +1108,8 @@ call append("$", "        " .. s:local_to_buffer)
 call <SID>BinOptionL("ml")
 call <SID>AddOption("modelineexpr", gettext("allow setting expression options 
from a modeline"))
 call <SID>BinOptionG("mle", &mle)
+call <SID>AddOption("modelinestrict", gettext("only allow safe options to be 
set from a modeline"))
+call <SID>BinOptionG("modelinestrict", &modelinestrict)
 call <SID>AddOption("modelines", gettext("number of lines to check for 
modelines"))
 call append("$", "     set mls=" . &mls)
 call <SID>AddOption("binary", gettext("binary file editing"))
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/python2_strings_05.dump 
b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/python2_strings_05.dump
index 0ed41d8b3..730e067fd 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/python2_strings_05.dump
+++ b/runtime/syntax/testdir/dumps/python2_strings_05.dump
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 |a+0#e000002#ffffff0|n|d| |l|i|t|e|r|a|l| |\|t| |a|n|d| |\|0|4|0| |a|n|d| 
|\|x|F@1| +0#0000000&@42
 |a+0#e000002&|n|d| |e|s|c|a|p|e|s| |\+0#e000e06&|u|0@1|A|1| +0#e000002&|a|n|d| 
|\+0#e000e06&|U|0@2|1|0|6|0|5|"+0#e000002&@2| +0#0000000&@38
 @75
->#+0#0000e05&| |v|i|m|:| |s|y|n|t|a|x|=|p|y|t|h|o|n|2| +0#0000000&@53
+>#+0#0000e05&| |v|i|m|:| |f|t|=|p|y|t|h|o|n|2| +0#0000000&@57
 |~+0#4040ff13&| @73
 |~| @73
 |~| @73
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/python2_strings.py 
b/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/python2_strings.py
index a5625b7d6..7ac32da16 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/python2_strings.py
+++ b/runtime/syntax/testdir/input/python2_strings.py
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ test = UR"""Raw Unicode string with quotes ' and "
 and literal     and   and \xFF
 and escapes \u00A1 and \U00010605"""
 
-# vim: syntax=python2
+# vim: ft=python2
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
index 23bdda651..f213710c3 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/vim.vim
@@ -68,25 +68,25 @@ syn keyword vimOption contained al aleph ari allowrevins 
ambw ambiwidth arab ara
 syn keyword vimOption contained co columns com comments cms commentstring cp 
compatible cpt complete cfu completefunc cia completeitemalign cot completeopt 
cpp completepopup csl completeslash cto completetimeout cocu concealcursor cole 
conceallevel cf confirm ci copyindent cpo cpoptions cm cryptmethod cspc 
cscopepathcomp csprg cscopeprg csqf cscopequickfix csre cscoperelative cst 
cscopetag csto cscopetagorder csverb cscopeverbose crb cursorbind cuc 
cursorcolumn cul cursorline culopt cursorlineopt debug def define deco 
delcombine dict dictionary diff dia diffanchors dex diffexpr dip diffopt dg 
digraph dir directory dy display ead eadirection ed edcompatible emo emoji enc 
encoding eof endoffile eol endofline ea equalalways ep equalprg eb errorbells 
ef errorfile skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
 syn keyword vimOption contained efm errorformat ek esckeys ei eventignore eiw 
eventignorewin et expandtab ex exrc fenc fileencoding fencs fileencodings ff 
fileformat ffs fileformats fic fileignorecase ft filetype fcs fillchars ffu 
findfunc fixeol fixendofline fcl foldclose fdc foldcolumn fen foldenable fde 
foldexpr fdi foldignore fdl foldlevel fdls foldlevelstart fmr foldmarker fdm 
foldmethod fml foldminlines fdn foldnestmax fdo foldopen fdt foldtext fex 
formatexpr flp formatlistpat fo formatoptions fp formatprg fs fsync gd gdefault 
gfm grepformat gp grepprg gcr guicursor gfn guifont gfs guifontset gfw 
guifontwide ghr guiheadroom gli guiligatures go guioptions guipty gtl 
guitablabel gtt guitabtooltip hf helpfile hh helpheight hlg helplang hid hidden 
hl highlight skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
 syn keyword vimOption contained hi history hk hkmap hkp hkmapp hls hlsearch 
icon iconstring ic ignorecase imaf imactivatefunc imak imactivatekey imc 
imcmdline imd imdisable imi iminsert ims imsearch imsf imstatusfunc imst 
imstyle inc include inex includeexpr is incsearch inde indentexpr indk 
indentkeys inf infercase im insertmode isf isfname isi isident isk iskeyword 
isp isprint js joinspaces jop jumpoptions key kmp keymap km keymodel kpc 
keyprotocol kp keywordprg lmap langmap lm langmenu lnr langnoremap lrm 
langremap ls laststatus lz lazyredraw lhi lhistory lbr linebreak lines lsp 
linespace lisp lop lispoptions lw lispwords list lcs listchars lpl loadplugins 
luadll magic mef makeef menc makeencoding mp makeprg mps matchpairs mat 
matchtime mco maxcombine mfd maxfuncdepth skipwhite 
nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
-syn keyword vimOption contained mmd maxmapdepth mm maxmem mmp maxmempattern 
mmt maxmemtot msc maxsearchcount mis menuitems mopt messagesopt msm mkspellmem 
ml modeline mle modelineexpr mls modelines ma modifiable mod modified more 
mouse mousef mousefocus mh mousehide mousem mousemodel mousemev mousemoveevent 
mouses mouseshape mouset mousetime mzq mzquantum mzschemedll mzschemegcdll nf 
nrformats nu number nuw numberwidth ofu omnifunc odev opendevice opfunc 
operatorfunc ost osctimeoutlen pp packpath para paragraphs paste pt pastetoggle 
pex patchexpr pm patchmode pa path perldll pi preserveindent pvh previewheight 
pvp previewpopup pvw previewwindow pdev printdevice penc printencoding pexpr 
printexpr pfn printfont pheader printheader pmbcs printmbcharset pmbfn 
printmbfont skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
-syn keyword vimOption contained popt printoptions prompt pb pumborder ph 
pumheight pmw pummaxwidth pumopt pw pumwidth pythondll pythonhome 
pythonthreedll pythonthreehome pyx pyxversion qftf quickfixtextfunc qe 
quoteescape ro readonly rdt redrawtime re regexpengine rnu relativenumber remap 
rop renderoptions report rs restorescreen ri revins rl rightleft rlc 
rightleftcmd rubydll ru ruler ruf rulerformat rtp runtimepath scr scroll scb 
scrollbind scf scrollfocus sj scrolljump so scrolloff sbo scrollopt sect 
sections secure sel selection slm selectmode ssop sessionoptions sh shell shcf 
shellcmdflag sp shellpipe shq shellquote srr shellredir ssl shellslash stmp 
shelltemp st shelltype sxe shellxescape sxq shellxquote sr shiftround sw 
shiftwidth shm shortmess sn shortname skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
-syn keyword vimOption contained sbr showbreak sc showcmd sloc showcmdloc sft 
showfulltag sm showmatch smd showmode stal showtabline stpl showtabpanel ss 
sidescroll siso sidescrolloff scl signcolumn scs smartcase si smartindent sta 
smarttab sms smoothscroll sts softtabstop spell spc spellcapcheck spf spellfile 
spl spelllang spo spelloptions sps spellsuggest sb splitbelow spk splitkeep spr 
splitright sol startofline stl statusline stlo statuslineopt su suffixes sua 
suffixesadd swf swapfile sws swapsync swb switchbuf smc synmaxcol syn syntax 
tcl tabclose tal tabline tpm tabpagemax tpl tabpanel tplo tabpanelopt ts 
tabstop tbs tagbsearch tc tagcase tfu tagfunc tl taglength tr tagrelative tag 
tags tgst tagstack tcldll term tbidi termbidi tenc termencoding tgc 
termguicolors skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
-syn keyword vimOption contained trz termresize tsy termsync twk termwinkey 
twsl termwinscroll tws termwinsize twt termwintype terse ta textauto tx 
textmode tw textwidth tsr thesaurus tsrfu thesaurusfunc top tildeop to timeout 
tm timeoutlen title titlelen titleold titlestring tb toolbar tbis 
toolbariconsize ttimeout ttm ttimeoutlen tbi ttybuiltin tf ttyfast ttym 
ttymouse tsl ttyscroll tty ttytype udir undodir udf undofile ul undolevels ur 
undoreload uc updatecount ut updatetime vsts varsofttabstop vts vartabstop vbs 
verbose vfile verbosefile vdir viewdir vop viewoptions vi viminfo vif 
viminfofile ve virtualedit vb visualbell warn wiv weirdinvert ww whichwrap wc 
wildchar wcm wildcharm wig wildignore wic wildignorecase wmnu wildmenu wim 
wildmode wop wildoptions wak winaltkeys skipwhite 
nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
-syn keyword vimOption contained wcr wincolor wi window wfb winfixbuf wfh 
winfixheight wfw winfixwidth wh winheight whl winhighlight wmh winminheight wmw 
winminwidth winptydll wiw winwidth wse wlseat wst wlsteal wtm wltimeoutlen wrap 
wm wrapmargin ws wrapscan write wa writeany wb writebackup wd writedelay 
xtermcodes skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
+syn keyword vimOption contained mmd maxmapdepth mm maxmem mmp maxmempattern 
mmt maxmemtot msc maxsearchcount mis menuitems mopt messagesopt msm mkspellmem 
ml modeline mle modelineexpr mls modelines mlst modelinestrict ma modifiable 
mod modified more mouse mousef mousefocus mh mousehide mousem mousemodel 
mousemev mousemoveevent mouses mouseshape mouset mousetime mzq mzquantum 
mzschemedll mzschemegcdll nf nrformats nu number nuw numberwidth ofu omnifunc 
odev opendevice opfunc operatorfunc ost osctimeoutlen pp packpath para 
paragraphs paste pt pastetoggle pex patchexpr pm patchmode pa path perldll pi 
preserveindent pvh previewheight pvp previewpopup pvw previewwindow pdev 
printdevice penc printencoding pexpr printexpr pfn printfont pheader 
printheader pmbcs printmbcharset skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
+syn keyword vimOption contained pmbfn printmbfont popt printoptions prompt pb 
pumborder ph pumheight pmw pummaxwidth pumopt pw pumwidth pythondll pythonhome 
pythonthreedll pythonthreehome pyx pyxversion qftf quickfixtextfunc qe 
quoteescape ro readonly rdt redrawtime re regexpengine rnu relativenumber remap 
rop renderoptions report rs restorescreen ri revins rl rightleft rlc 
rightleftcmd rubydll ru ruler ruf rulerformat rtp runtimepath scr scroll scb 
scrollbind scf scrollfocus sj scrolljump so scrolloff sbo scrollopt sect 
sections secure sel selection slm selectmode ssop sessionoptions sh shell shcf 
shellcmdflag sp shellpipe shq shellquote srr shellredir ssl shellslash stmp 
shelltemp st shelltype sxe shellxescape sxq shellxquote sr shiftround sw 
shiftwidth shm shortmess skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
+syn keyword vimOption contained sn shortname sbr showbreak sc showcmd sloc 
showcmdloc sft showfulltag sm showmatch smd showmode stal showtabline stpl 
showtabpanel ss sidescroll siso sidescrolloff scl signcolumn scs smartcase si 
smartindent sta smarttab sms smoothscroll sts softtabstop spell spc 
spellcapcheck spf spellfile spl spelllang spo spelloptions sps spellsuggest sb 
splitbelow spk splitkeep spr splitright sol startofline stl statusline stlo 
statuslineopt su suffixes sua suffixesadd swf swapfile sws swapsync swb 
switchbuf smc synmaxcol syn syntax tcl tabclose tal tabline tpm tabpagemax tpl 
tabpanel tplo tabpanelopt ts tabstop tbs tagbsearch tc tagcase tfu tagfunc tl 
taglength tr tagrelative tag tags tgst tagstack tcldll term tbidi termbidi tenc 
termencoding skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
+syn keyword vimOption contained tgc termguicolors trz termresize tsy termsync 
twk termwinkey twsl termwinscroll tws termwinsize twt termwintype terse ta 
textauto tx textmode tw textwidth tsr thesaurus tsrfu thesaurusfunc top tildeop 
to timeout tm timeoutlen title titlelen titleold titlestring tb toolbar tbis 
toolbariconsize ttimeout ttm ttimeoutlen tbi ttybuiltin tf ttyfast ttym 
ttymouse tsl ttyscroll tty ttytype udir undodir udf undofile ul undolevels ur 
undoreload uc updatecount ut updatetime vsts varsofttabstop vts vartabstop vbs 
verbose vfile verbosefile vdir viewdir vop viewoptions vi viminfo vif 
viminfofile ve virtualedit vb visualbell warn wiv weirdinvert ww whichwrap wc 
wildchar wcm wildcharm wig wildignore wic wildignorecase wmnu wildmenu wim 
wildmode skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
+syn keyword vimOption contained wop wildoptions wak winaltkeys wcr wincolor wi 
window wfb winfixbuf wfh winfixheight wfw winfixwidth wh winheight whl 
winhighlight wmh winminheight wmw winminwidth winptydll wiw winwidth wse wlseat 
wst wlsteal wtm wltimeoutlen wrap wm wrapmargin ws wrapscan write wa writeany 
wb writebackup wd writedelay xtermcodes skipwhite 
nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
 
 " vimOptions: These are the turn-off setting variants {{{2
 " GEN_SYN_VIM: vimOption turn-off, START_STR='syn keyword vimOption 
contained', END_STR=''
 syn keyword vimOption contained noari noallowrevins noarab noarabic noarshape 
noarabicshape noacd noautochdir noac noautocomplete noai noautoindent noar 
noautoread noasd noautoshelldir noaw noautowrite noawa noautowriteall nobk 
nobackup nobeval noballooneval nobevalterm noballoonevalterm nobin nobinary 
nobomb nobri nobreakindent nobl nobuflisted nocdh nocdhome nocin nocindent nocp 
nocompatible nocf noconfirm noci nocopyindent nocsre nocscoperelative nocst 
nocscopetag nocsverb nocscopeverbose nocrb nocursorbind nocuc nocursorcolumn 
nocul nocursorline nodeco nodelcombine nodiff nodg nodigraph noed 
noedcompatible noemo noemoji noeof noendoffile noeol noendofline noea 
noequalalways noeb noerrorbells noek noesckeys noet noexpandtab noex noexrc 
nofic nofileignorecase
-syn keyword vimOption contained nofixeol nofixendofline nofen nofoldenable 
nofs nofsync nogd nogdefault noguipty nohid nohidden nohk nohkmap nohkp 
nohkmapp nohls nohlsearch noicon noic noignorecase noimc noimcmdline noimd 
noimdisable nois noincsearch noinf noinfercase noim noinsertmode nojs 
nojoinspaces nolnr nolangnoremap nolrm nolangremap nolz nolazyredraw nolbr 
nolinebreak nolisp nolist nolpl noloadplugins nomagic noml nomodeline nomle 
nomodelineexpr noma nomodifiable nomod nomodified nomore nomousef nomousefocus 
nomh nomousehide nomousemev nomousemoveevent nonu nonumber noodev noopendevice 
nopaste nopi nopreserveindent nopvw nopreviewwindow noprompt noro noreadonly 
nornu norelativenumber noremap nors norestorescreen nori norevins norl 
norightleft noru noruler
-syn keyword vimOption contained noscb noscrollbind noscf noscrollfocus 
nosecure nossl noshellslash nostmp noshelltemp nosr noshiftround nosn 
noshortname nosc noshowcmd nosft noshowfulltag nosm noshowmatch nosmd 
noshowmode noscs nosmartcase nosi nosmartindent nosta nosmarttab nosms 
nosmoothscroll nospell nosb nosplitbelow nospr nosplitright nosol nostartofline 
noswf noswapfile notbs notagbsearch notr notagrelative notgst notagstack 
notbidi notermbidi notgc notermguicolors notsy notermsync noterse nota 
notextauto notx notextmode notop notildeop noto notimeout notitle nottimeout 
notbi nottybuiltin notf nottyfast noudf noundofile novb novisualbell nowarn 
nowiv noweirdinvert nowic nowildignorecase nowmnu nowildmenu nowfb nowinfixbuf 
nowfh nowinfixheight nowfw nowinfixwidth
-syn keyword vimOption contained nowst nowlsteal nowrap nows nowrapscan nowrite 
nowa nowriteany nowb nowritebackup noxtermcodes
+syn keyword vimOption contained nofixeol nofixendofline nofen nofoldenable 
nofs nofsync nogd nogdefault noguipty nohid nohidden nohk nohkmap nohkp 
nohkmapp nohls nohlsearch noicon noic noignorecase noimc noimcmdline noimd 
noimdisable nois noincsearch noinf noinfercase noim noinsertmode nojs 
nojoinspaces nolnr nolangnoremap nolrm nolangremap nolz nolazyredraw nolbr 
nolinebreak nolisp nolist nolpl noloadplugins nomagic noml nomodeline nomle 
nomodelineexpr nomlst nomodelinestrict noma nomodifiable nomod nomodified 
nomore nomousef nomousefocus nomh nomousehide nomousemev nomousemoveevent nonu 
nonumber noodev noopendevice nopaste nopi nopreserveindent nopvw 
nopreviewwindow noprompt noro noreadonly nornu norelativenumber noremap nors 
norestorescreen nori norevins norl norightleft
+syn keyword vimOption contained noru noruler noscb noscrollbind noscf 
noscrollfocus nosecure nossl noshellslash nostmp noshelltemp nosr noshiftround 
nosn noshortname nosc noshowcmd nosft noshowfulltag nosm noshowmatch nosmd 
noshowmode noscs nosmartcase nosi nosmartindent nosta nosmarttab nosms 
nosmoothscroll nospell nosb nosplitbelow nospr nosplitright nosol nostartofline 
noswf noswapfile notbs notagbsearch notr notagrelative notgst notagstack 
notbidi notermbidi notgc notermguicolors notsy notermsync noterse nota 
notextauto notx notextmode notop notildeop noto notimeout notitle nottimeout 
notbi nottybuiltin notf nottyfast noudf noundofile novb novisualbell nowarn 
nowiv noweirdinvert nowic nowildignorecase nowmnu nowildmenu nowfb nowinfixbuf 
nowfh nowinfixheight
+syn keyword vimOption contained nowfw nowinfixwidth nowst nowlsteal nowrap 
nows nowrapscan nowrite nowa nowriteany nowb nowritebackup noxtermcodes
 
 " vimOptions: These are the invertible variants {{{2
 " GEN_SYN_VIM: vimOption invertible, START_STR='syn keyword vimOption 
contained', END_STR=''
 syn keyword vimOption contained invari invallowrevins invarab invarabic 
invarshape invarabicshape invacd invautochdir invac invautocomplete invai 
invautoindent invar invautoread invasd invautoshelldir invaw invautowrite 
invawa invautowriteall invbk invbackup invbeval invballooneval invbevalterm 
invballoonevalterm invbin invbinary invbomb invbri invbreakindent invbl 
invbuflisted invcdh invcdhome invcin invcindent invcp invcompatible invcf 
invconfirm invci invcopyindent invcsre invcscoperelative invcst invcscopetag 
invcsverb invcscopeverbose invcrb invcursorbind invcuc invcursorcolumn invcul 
invcursorline invdeco invdelcombine invdiff invdg invdigraph inved 
invedcompatible invemo invemoji inveof invendoffile inveol invendofline invea 
invequalalways inveb inverrorbells
-syn keyword vimOption contained invek invesckeys invet invexpandtab invex 
invexrc invfic invfileignorecase invfixeol invfixendofline invfen invfoldenable 
invfs invfsync invgd invgdefault invguipty invhid invhidden invhk invhkmap 
invhkp invhkmapp invhls invhlsearch invicon invic invignorecase invimc 
invimcmdline invimd invimdisable invis invincsearch invinf invinfercase invim 
invinsertmode invjs invjoinspaces invlnr invlangnoremap invlrm invlangremap 
invlz invlazyredraw invlbr invlinebreak invlisp invlist invlpl invloadplugins 
invmagic invml invmodeline invmle invmodelineexpr invma invmodifiable invmod 
invmodified invmore invmousef invmousefocus invmh invmousehide invmousemev 
invmousemoveevent invnu invnumber invodev invopendevice invpaste invpi 
invpreserveindent
-syn keyword vimOption contained invpvw invpreviewwindow invprompt invro 
invreadonly invrnu invrelativenumber invremap invrs invrestorescreen invri 
invrevins invrl invrightleft invru invruler invscb invscrollbind invscf 
invscrollfocus invsecure invssl invshellslash invstmp invshelltemp invsr 
invshiftround invsn invshortname invsc invshowcmd invsft invshowfulltag invsm 
invshowmatch invsmd invshowmode invscs invsmartcase invsi invsmartindent invsta 
invsmarttab invsms invsmoothscroll invspell invsb invsplitbelow invspr 
invsplitright invsol invstartofline invswf invswapfile invtbs invtagbsearch 
invtr invtagrelative invtgst invtagstack invtbidi invtermbidi invtgc 
invtermguicolors invtsy invtermsync invterse invta invtextauto invtx 
invtextmode invtop invtildeop invto invtimeout
-syn keyword vimOption contained invtitle invttimeout invtbi invttybuiltin 
invtf invttyfast invudf invundofile invvb invvisualbell invwarn invwiv 
invweirdinvert invwic invwildignorecase invwmnu invwildmenu invwfb invwinfixbuf 
invwfh invwinfixheight invwfw invwinfixwidth invwst invwlsteal invwrap invws 
invwrapscan invwrite invwa invwriteany invwb invwritebackup invxtermcodes
+syn keyword vimOption contained invek invesckeys invet invexpandtab invex 
invexrc invfic invfileignorecase invfixeol invfixendofline invfen invfoldenable 
invfs invfsync invgd invgdefault invguipty invhid invhidden invhk invhkmap 
invhkp invhkmapp invhls invhlsearch invicon invic invignorecase invimc 
invimcmdline invimd invimdisable invis invincsearch invinf invinfercase invim 
invinsertmode invjs invjoinspaces invlnr invlangnoremap invlrm invlangremap 
invlz invlazyredraw invlbr invlinebreak invlisp invlist invlpl invloadplugins 
invmagic invml invmodeline invmle invmodelineexpr invmlst invmodelinestrict 
invma invmodifiable invmod invmodified invmore invmousef invmousefocus invmh 
invmousehide invmousemev invmousemoveevent invnu invnumber invodev 
invopendevice invpaste
+syn keyword vimOption contained invpi invpreserveindent invpvw 
invpreviewwindow invprompt invro invreadonly invrnu invrelativenumber invremap 
invrs invrestorescreen invri invrevins invrl invrightleft invru invruler invscb 
invscrollbind invscf invscrollfocus invsecure invssl invshellslash invstmp 
invshelltemp invsr invshiftround invsn invshortname invsc invshowcmd invsft 
invshowfulltag invsm invshowmatch invsmd invshowmode invscs invsmartcase invsi 
invsmartindent invsta invsmarttab invsms invsmoothscroll invspell invsb 
invsplitbelow invspr invsplitright invsol invstartofline invswf invswapfile 
invtbs invtagbsearch invtr invtagrelative invtgst invtagstack invtbidi 
invtermbidi invtgc invtermguicolors invtsy invtermsync invterse invta 
invtextauto invtx invtextmode
+syn keyword vimOption contained invtop invtildeop invto invtimeout invtitle 
invttimeout invtbi invttybuiltin invtf invttyfast invudf invundofile invvb 
invvisualbell invwarn invwiv invweirdinvert invwic invwildignorecase invwmnu 
invwildmenu invwfb invwinfixbuf invwfh invwinfixheight invwfw invwinfixwidth 
invwst invwlsteal invwrap invws invwrapscan invwrite invwa invwriteany invwb 
invwritebackup invxtermcodes
 " termcap codes (which can also be set) {{{2
 " GEN_SYN_VIM: vimOption term output code, START_STR='syn keyword vimOption 
contained', END_STR='skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod'
 syn keyword vimOption contained t_AB t_AF t_AU t_AL t_al t_bc t_BE t_BD t_cd 
t_ce t_Ce t_CF t_cl t_cm t_Co t_CS t_Cs t_cs t_CV t_da t_db t_DL t_dl t_ds t_Ds 
t_EC t_EI t_fs t_fd t_fe t_GP t_IE t_IS t_ke t_ks t_le t_mb t_md t_me t_mr t_ms 
t_nd t_op t_RF t_RB t_RC t_RI t_Ri t_RK t_RS t_RT t_RV t_Sb t_SC t_se t_Sf t_SH 
t_SI t_Si t_so t_SR t_sr t_ST t_Te t_te t_TE t_ti t_TI t_Ts t_ts t_u7 t_ue t_us 
t_Us t_ut t_vb t_ve t_vi t_VS t_vs t_WP t_WS t_XM t_xn t_xs t_ZH t_ZR t_8f t_8b 
t_8u t_xo t_BS t_ES skipwhite nextgroup=vimSetEqual,vimSetMod
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained al aleph ari 
allowrevins ambw ambiwidth a
 syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained co columns com comments cms 
commentstring cp compatible cpt complete cfu completefunc cia completeitemalign 
cot completeopt cpp completepopup csl completeslash cto completetimeout cocu 
concealcursor cole conceallevel cf confirm ci copyindent cpo cpoptions cm 
cryptmethod cspc cscopepathcomp csprg cscopeprg csqf cscopequickfix csre 
cscoperelative cst cscopetag csto cscopetagorder csverb cscopeverbose crb 
cursorbind cuc cursorcolumn cul cursorline culopt cursorlineopt debug def 
define deco delcombine dict dictionary diff dia diffanchors dex diffexpr dip 
diffopt dg digraph dir directory dy display ead eadirection ed edcompatible emo 
emoji enc encoding eof endoffile eol endofline ea equalalways ep equalprg eb 
errorbells ef errorfile
 syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained efm errorformat ek esckeys ei 
eventignore eiw eventignorewin et expandtab ex exrc fenc fileencoding fencs 
fileencodings ff fileformat ffs fileformats fic fileignorecase ft filetype fcs 
fillchars ffu findfunc fixeol fixendofline fcl foldclose fdc foldcolumn fen 
foldenable fde foldexpr fdi foldignore fdl foldlevel fdls foldlevelstart fmr 
foldmarker fdm foldmethod fml foldminlines fdn foldnestmax fdo foldopen fdt 
foldtext fex formatexpr flp formatlistpat fo formatoptions fp formatprg fs 
fsync gd gdefault gfm grepformat gp grepprg gcr guicursor gfn guifont gfs 
guifontset gfw guifontwide ghr guiheadroom gli guiligatures go guioptions 
guipty gtl guitablabel gtt guitabtooltip hf helpfile hh helpheight hlg helplang 
hid hidden hl highlight
 syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained hi history hk hkmap hkp hkmapp hls 
hlsearch icon iconstring ic ignorecase imaf imactivatefunc imak imactivatekey 
imc imcmdline imd imdisable imi iminsert ims imsearch imsf imstatusfunc imst 
imstyle inc include inex includeexpr is incsearch inde indentexpr indk 
indentkeys inf infercase im insertmode isf isfname isi isident isk iskeyword 
isp isprint js joinspaces jop jumpoptions key kmp keymap km keymodel kpc 
keyprotocol kp keywordprg lmap langmap lm langmenu lnr langnoremap lrm 
langremap ls laststatus lz lazyredraw lhi lhistory lbr linebreak lines lsp 
linespace lisp lop lispoptions lw lispwords list lcs listchars lpl loadplugins 
luadll magic mef makeef menc makeencoding mp makeprg mps matchpairs mat 
matchtime mco maxcombine
-syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained mfd maxfuncdepth mmd maxmapdepth mm 
maxmem mmp maxmempattern mmt maxmemtot msc maxsearchcount mis menuitems mopt 
messagesopt msm mkspellmem ml modeline mle modelineexpr mls modelines ma 
modifiable mod modified more mouse mousef mousefocus mh mousehide mousem 
mousemodel mousemev mousemoveevent mouses mouseshape mouset mousetime mzq 
mzquantum mzschemedll mzschemegcdll nf nrformats nu number nuw numberwidth ofu 
omnifunc odev opendevice opfunc operatorfunc ost osctimeoutlen pp packpath para 
paragraphs paste pt pastetoggle pex patchexpr pm patchmode pa path perldll pi 
preserveindent pvh previewheight pvp previewpopup pvw previewwindow pdev 
printdevice penc printencoding pexpr printexpr pfn printfont pheader 
printheader pmbcs printmbcharset
-syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained pmbfn printmbfont popt printoptions 
prompt pb pumborder ph pumheight pmw pummaxwidth pumopt pw pumwidth pythondll 
pythonhome pythonthreedll pythonthreehome pyx pyxversion qftf quickfixtextfunc 
qe quoteescape ro readonly rdt redrawtime re regexpengine rnu relativenumber 
remap rop renderoptions report rs restorescreen ri revins rl rightleft rlc 
rightleftcmd rubydll ru ruler ruf rulerformat rtp runtimepath scr scroll scb 
scrollbind scf scrollfocus sj scrolljump so scrolloff sbo scrollopt sect 
sections secure sel selection slm selectmode ssop sessionoptions sh shell shcf 
shellcmdflag sp shellpipe shq shellquote srr shellredir ssl shellslash stmp 
shelltemp st shelltype sxe shellxescape sxq shellxquote sr shiftround sw 
shiftwidth
-syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained shm shortmess sn shortname sbr 
showbreak sc showcmd sloc showcmdloc sft showfulltag sm showmatch smd showmode 
stal showtabline stpl showtabpanel ss sidescroll siso sidescrolloff scl 
signcolumn scs smartcase si smartindent sta smarttab sms smoothscroll sts 
softtabstop spell spc spellcapcheck spf spellfile spl spelllang spo 
spelloptions sps spellsuggest sb splitbelow spk splitkeep spr splitright sol 
startofline stl statusline stlo statuslineopt su suffixes sua suffixesadd swf 
swapfile sws swapsync swb switchbuf smc synmaxcol syn syntax tcl tabclose tal 
tabline tpm tabpagemax tpl tabpanel tplo tabpanelopt ts tabstop tbs tagbsearch 
tc tagcase tfu tagfunc tl taglength tr tagrelative tag tags tgst tagstack 
tcldll term tbidi termbidi
-syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained tenc termencoding tgc termguicolors trz 
termresize tsy termsync twk termwinkey twsl termwinscroll tws termwinsize twt 
termwintype terse ta textauto tx textmode tw textwidth tsr thesaurus tsrfu 
thesaurusfunc top tildeop to timeout tm timeoutlen title titlelen titleold 
titlestring tb toolbar tbis toolbariconsize ttimeout ttm ttimeoutlen tbi 
ttybuiltin tf ttyfast ttym ttymouse tsl ttyscroll tty ttytype udir undodir udf 
undofile ul undolevels ur undoreload uc updatecount ut updatetime vsts 
varsofttabstop vts vartabstop vbs verbose vfile verbosefile vdir viewdir vop 
viewoptions vi viminfo vif viminfofile ve virtualedit vb visualbell warn wiv 
weirdinvert ww whichwrap wc wildchar wcm wildcharm wig wildignore wic 
wildignorecase wmnu wildmenu
-syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained wim wildmode wop wildoptions wak 
winaltkeys wcr wincolor wi window wfb winfixbuf wfh winfixheight wfw 
winfixwidth wh winheight whl winhighlight wmh winminheight wmw winminwidth 
winptydll wiw winwidth wse wlseat wst wlsteal wtm wltimeoutlen wrap wm 
wrapmargin ws wrapscan write wa writeany wb writebackup wd writedelay xtermcodes
+syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained mfd maxfuncdepth mmd maxmapdepth mm 
maxmem mmp maxmempattern mmt maxmemtot msc maxsearchcount mis menuitems mopt 
messagesopt msm mkspellmem ml modeline mle modelineexpr mls modelines mlst 
modelinestrict ma modifiable mod modified more mouse mousef mousefocus mh 
mousehide mousem mousemodel mousemev mousemoveevent mouses mouseshape mouset 
mousetime mzq mzquantum mzschemedll mzschemegcdll nf nrformats nu number nuw 
numberwidth ofu omnifunc odev opendevice opfunc operatorfunc ost osctimeoutlen 
pp packpath para paragraphs paste pt pastetoggle pex patchexpr pm patchmode pa 
path perldll pi preserveindent pvh previewheight pvp previewpopup pvw 
previewwindow pdev printdevice penc printencoding pexpr printexpr pfn printfont 
pheader printheader
+syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained pmbcs printmbcharset pmbfn printmbfont 
popt printoptions prompt pb pumborder ph pumheight pmw pummaxwidth pumopt pw 
pumwidth pythondll pythonhome pythonthreedll pythonthreehome pyx pyxversion 
qftf quickfixtextfunc qe quoteescape ro readonly rdt redrawtime re regexpengine 
rnu relativenumber remap rop renderoptions report rs restorescreen ri revins rl 
rightleft rlc rightleftcmd rubydll ru ruler ruf rulerformat rtp runtimepath scr 
scroll scb scrollbind scf scrollfocus sj scrolljump so scrolloff sbo scrollopt 
sect sections secure sel selection slm selectmode ssop sessionoptions sh shell 
shcf shellcmdflag sp shellpipe shq shellquote srr shellredir ssl shellslash 
stmp shelltemp st shelltype sxe shellxescape sxq shellxquote sr shiftround
+syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained sw shiftwidth shm shortmess sn 
shortname sbr showbreak sc showcmd sloc showcmdloc sft showfulltag sm showmatch 
smd showmode stal showtabline stpl showtabpanel ss sidescroll siso 
sidescrolloff scl signcolumn scs smartcase si smartindent sta smarttab sms 
smoothscroll sts softtabstop spell spc spellcapcheck spf spellfile spl 
spelllang spo spelloptions sps spellsuggest sb splitbelow spk splitkeep spr 
splitright sol startofline stl statusline stlo statuslineopt su suffixes sua 
suffixesadd swf swapfile sws swapsync swb switchbuf smc synmaxcol syn syntax 
tcl tabclose tal tabline tpm tabpagemax tpl tabpanel tplo tabpanelopt ts 
tabstop tbs tagbsearch tc tagcase tfu tagfunc tl taglength tr tagrelative tag 
tags tgst tagstack tcldll
+syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained term tbidi termbidi tenc termencoding 
tgc termguicolors trz termresize tsy termsync twk termwinkey twsl termwinscroll 
tws termwinsize twt termwintype terse ta textauto tx textmode tw textwidth tsr 
thesaurus tsrfu thesaurusfunc top tildeop to timeout tm timeoutlen title 
titlelen titleold titlestring tb toolbar tbis toolbariconsize ttimeout ttm 
ttimeoutlen tbi ttybuiltin tf ttyfast ttym ttymouse tsl ttyscroll tty ttytype 
udir undodir udf undofile ul undolevels ur undoreload uc updatecount ut 
updatetime vsts varsofttabstop vts vartabstop vbs verbose vfile verbosefile 
vdir viewdir vop viewoptions vi viminfo vif viminfofile ve virtualedit vb 
visualbell warn wiv weirdinvert ww whichwrap wc wildchar wcm wildcharm wig 
wildignore
+syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained wic wildignorecase wmnu wildmenu wim 
wildmode wop wildoptions wak winaltkeys wcr wincolor wi window wfb winfixbuf 
wfh winfixheight wfw winfixwidth wh winheight whl winhighlight wmh winminheight 
wmw winminwidth winptydll wiw winwidth wse wlseat wst wlsteal wtm wltimeoutlen 
wrap wm wrapmargin ws wrapscan write wa writeany wb writebackup wd writedelay 
xtermcodes
 " GEN_SYN_VIM: vimOption term output code variable, START_STR='syn keyword 
vimOptionVarName contained', END_STR=''
 syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained t_AB t_AF t_AU t_AL t_al t_bc t_BE t_BD 
t_cd t_ce t_Ce t_CF t_cl t_cm t_Co t_CS t_Cs t_cs t_CV t_da t_db t_DL t_dl t_ds 
t_Ds t_EC t_EI t_fs t_fd t_fe t_GP t_IE t_IS t_ke t_ks t_le t_mb t_md t_me t_mr 
t_ms t_nd t_op t_RF t_RB t_RC t_RI t_Ri t_RK t_RS t_RT t_RV t_Sb t_SC t_se t_Sf 
t_SH t_SI t_Si t_so t_SR t_sr t_ST t_Te t_te t_TE t_ti t_TI t_Ts t_ts t_u7 t_ue 
t_us t_Us t_ut t_vb t_ve t_vi t_VS t_vs t_WP t_WS t_XM t_xn t_xs t_ZH t_ZR t_8f 
t_8b t_8u t_xo t_BS t_ES
 syn keyword vimOptionVarName contained t_F1 t_F2 t_F3 t_F4 t_F5 t_F6 t_F7 t_F8 
t_F9 t_k1 t_K1 t_k2 t_k3 t_K3 t_k4 t_K4 t_k5 t_K5 t_k6 t_K6 t_k7 t_K7 t_k8 t_K8 
t_k9 t_K9 t_KA t_kb t_kB t_KB t_KC t_kd t_kD t_KD t_KE t_KF t_KG t_kh t_KH t_kI 
t_KI t_KJ t_KK t_kl t_KL t_kN t_kP t_kr t_ku
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index ab1166098..46009341d 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -1543,6 +1543,44 @@ get_opt_op(char_u *arg)
     return op;
 }
 
+// Options that are allowed in a modeline when 'modelinestrict' is on.
+static char *modeline_whitelist[] =
+{
+    "autoindent",
+    "cindent",
+    "commentstring",
+    "expandtab",
+    "filetype",
+    "foldcolumn",
+    "foldenable",
+    "foldmethod",
+    "modifiable",
+    "readonly",
+    "rightleft",
+    "shiftwidth",
+    "smartindent",
+    "softtabstop",
+    "spell",
+    "spelllang",
+    "tabstop",
+    "textwidth",
+    "varsofttabstop",
+    "vartabstop",
+    NULL
+};
+
+/*
+ * Return TRUE if option "name" is in the modeline whitelist.
+ */
+    static bool
+is_modeline_whitelisted(char *name)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; modeline_whitelist[i] != NULL; i++)
+       if (STRCMP(name, modeline_whitelist[i]) == 0)
+           return true;
+    return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * Validate whether the value of the option in "opt_idx" can be changed.
  * Returns FAIL if the option can be skipped or cannot be changed. Returns OK
@@ -1575,6 +1613,11 @@ validate_opt_idx(int opt_idx, int opt_flags, long_u 
flags, char **errmsg)
            *errmsg = e_not_allowed_in_modeline_when_modelineexpr_is_off;
            return FAIL;
        }
+       // When 'modelinestrict' is on, only whitelisted options may be
+       // set from a modeline.  Silently skip others.
+       if (p_mlstr && opt_idx >= 0
+               && !is_modeline_whitelisted(options[opt_idx].fullname))
+           return FAIL;
 #ifdef FEAT_DIFF
        // In diff mode some options are overruled.  This avoids that
        // 'foldmethod' becomes "marker" instead of "diff" and that
diff --git a/src/option.h b/src/option.h
index 7165ea80c..6bf6169bb 100644
--- a/src/option.h
+++ b/src/option.h
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ EXTERN char_u       *p_msm;         // 'mkspellmem'
 EXTERN int     p_ml;           // 'modeline'
 EXTERN int     p_mle;          // 'modelineexpr'
 EXTERN long    p_mls;          // 'modelines'
+EXTERN int     p_mlstr;        // 'modelinestrict'
 EXTERN int     p_ma;           // 'modifiable'
 EXTERN int     p_mod;          // 'modified'
 EXTERN char_u  *p_mouse;       // 'mouse'
diff --git a/src/optiondefs.h b/src/optiondefs.h
index 9fd2fe5cd..38962790b 100644
--- a/src/optiondefs.h
+++ b/src/optiondefs.h
@@ -1785,6 +1785,9 @@ static struct vimoption options[] =
     {"modelines",   "mls",  P_NUM|P_VI_DEF,
                            (char_u *)&p_mls, PV_NONE, NULL, NULL,
                            {(char_u *)5L, (char_u *)0L} SCTX_INIT},
+    {"modelinestrict", "mlst", P_BOOL|P_VI_DEF|P_SECURE,
+                           (char_u *)&p_mlstr, PV_NONE, NULL, NULL,
+                           {(char_u *)TRUE, (char_u *)0L} SCTX_INIT},
     {"modifiable",  "ma",   P_BOOL|P_VI_DEF|P_NOGLOB,
                            (char_u *)&p_ma, PV_MA, did_set_modifiable, NULL,
                            {(char_u *)TRUE, (char_u *)0L} SCTX_INIT},
diff --git a/src/po/vim.pot b/src/po/vim.pot
index b2e3b0f64..b09ade556 100644
--- a/src/po/vim.pot
+++ b/src/po/vim.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Vim
"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: [email protected]
"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-04-07 19:50+0000
"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-04-09 20:33+0000
"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE
"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>
"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <[email protected]>
"
@@ -10223,6 +10223,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "allow setting expression options from a modeline"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "only allow safe options to be set from a modeline"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "number of lines to check for modelines"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_fold.vim b/src/testdir/test_fold.vim
index c377a9573..d4b3a5093 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_fold.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_fold.vim
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ func Test_foldtext_in_modeline()
     bw!
   endfunc
 
-  set modeline modelineexpr
+  set modeline modelineexpr nomodelinestrict
   call Check_foldtext_in_modeline('setlocal')
   call Check_foldtext_in_modeline('set')
 
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ func Test_foldtext_in_modeline()
   call assert_equal(['after'], readfile('Xmodelinefoldtext_write'))
   bwipe!
 
-  set modeline& modelineexpr&
+  set modeline& modelineexpr& modelinestrict&
   delfunc ModelineFoldText
   delfunc Check_foldtext_in_modeline
 endfunc
@@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ func Test_foldexpr_in_modeline()
     bw!
   endfunc
 
-  set modeline modelineexpr
+  set modeline modelineexpr nomodelinestrict
   call Check_foldexpr_in_modeline('setlocal')
   call Check_foldexpr_in_modeline('set')
 
@@ -1875,7 +1875,7 @@ func Test_foldexpr_in_modeline()
   call assert_equal(['after'], readfile('Xmodelinefoldexpr_write'))
   bwipe!
 
-  set modeline& modelineexpr&
+  set modeline& modelineexpr& modelinestrict&
   delfunc ModelineFoldExpr
   delfunc Check_foldexpr_in_modeline
 endfunc
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_indent.vim b/src/testdir/test_indent.vim
index c3f7953ca..c19be6328 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_indent.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_indent.vim
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ endfunc
 " Test for setting the 'indentexpr' from a modeline
 func Test_modeline_indent_expr()
   let modeline = &modeline
-  set modeline
+  set modeline nomodelinestrict
   func GetIndent()
     return line('.') * 2
   endfunc
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func Test_modeline_indent_expr()
   exe "normal Oa
b
"
   call assert_equal(['  a', '    b'], getline(1, 2))
 
-  set modelineexpr&
+  set modelineexpr& modelinestrict&
   delfunc GetIndent
   let &modeline = modeline
   bw!
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_modeline.vim b/src/testdir/test_modeline.vim
index 79fc7d14d..b78a4258f 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_modeline.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_modeline.vim
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ endfunc
 func Test_modeline_syntax()
   call writefile(['vim: set syn=c :', 'nothing'], 'Xmodeline_syntax', 'D')
   let modeline = &modeline
-  set modeline
+  set modeline nomodelinestrict
   syntax enable
   split Xmodeline_syntax
   call assert_equal("c", &syntax)
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func Test_modeline_syntax()
 
   bwipe!
   let &modeline = modeline
+  set modelinestrict
   syntax off
 endfunc
 
@@ -62,13 +63,14 @@ func Test_modeline_keymap()
   CheckFeature keymap
   call writefile(['vim: set keymap=greek :', 'nothing'], 'Xmodeline_keymap', 
'D')
   let modeline = &modeline
-  set modeline
+  set modeline nomodelinestrict
   split Xmodeline_keymap
   call assert_equal("greek", &keymap)
   call assert_match('greek\|grk', b:keymap_name)
 
   bwipe!
   let &modeline = modeline
+  set modelinestrict
   set keymap= iminsert=0 imsearch=-1
 endfunc
 
@@ -145,7 +147,8 @@ endfunc
 
 func Test_modeline_colon()
   let modeline = &modeline
-  set modeline
+  let modelinestrict = &modelinestrict
+  set modeline nomodelinestrict
 
   call writefile(['// vim: set showbreak=\: ts=2: sw=2'], 'Xmodeline_colon', 
'D')
   edit Xmodeline_colon
@@ -159,6 +162,7 @@ func Test_modeline_colon()
   call assert_equal(8, &sw)
 
   let &modeline = modeline
+  let &modelinestrict = modelinestrict
 endfunc
 
 func s:modeline_fails(what, text, error)
@@ -170,7 +174,8 @@ func s:modeline_fails(what, text, error)
   let fname = "Xmodeline_fails_" . a:what
   call writefile(['vim: set ' . a:text . ' :', 'nothing'], fname, 'D')
   let modeline = &modeline
-  set modeline
+  let modelinestrict = &modelinestrict
+  set modeline nomodelinestrict
   filetype plugin on
   syntax enable
   call assert_fails('split ' . fname, a:error)
@@ -179,6 +184,7 @@ func s:modeline_fails(what, text, error)
 
   bwipe!
   let &modeline = modeline
+  let &modelinestrict = modelinestrict
   filetype plugin off
   syntax off
 endfunc
@@ -348,20 +354,23 @@ endfunc
 
 " Some options cannot be set from the modeline when 'diff' option is set
 func Test_modeline_diff_buffer()
+  set nomodelinestrict
   call writefile(['vim: diff foldmethod=marker wrap'], 'Xmdifile', 'D')
   set foldmethod& nowrap
   new Xmdifile
   call assert_equal('manual', &foldmethod)
   call assert_false(&wrap)
   set wrap&
+  set modelinestrict
   bw
 endfunc
 
 func Test_modeline_disable()
-  set modeline
+  set modeline nomodelinestrict
   call writefile(['vim: sw=2', 'vim: nomodeline', 'vim: sw=3'], 
'Xmodeline_disable', 'D')
   edit Xmodeline_disable
   call assert_equal(2, &sw)
+  set modelinestrict
 endfunc
 
 " If 'nowrap' is set from a modeline, '>' is used forcibly as lcs-extends.
@@ -373,6 +382,7 @@ func Test_modeline_nowrap_lcs_extends()
         \ 'ddd                    vim: nowrap',
         \ ], 'Xmodeline_nowrap', 'D')
   set noequalalways
+  set nomodelinestrict
   11new | 20vsplit
 
   func Check_modeline_nowrap(expect_insecure, expect_secure, set_cmd)
@@ -493,4 +503,111 @@ func Test_modeline_nowrap_lcs_extends()
   set equalalways&
 endfunc
 
+func Test_modeline_strict_allowed()
+  let modeline = &modeline
+  set modeline modelinestrict
+
+  " Whitelisted options should work
+  call writefile(['vim: set ts=2 sw=4 et :'], 'Xmodeline_strict', 'D')
+  split Xmodeline_strict
+  call assert_equal(2, &ts)
+  call assert_equal(4, &sw)
+  call assert_equal(1, &et)
+  bwipe!
+
+  " 'filetype' should work
+  call writefile(['vim: set ft=python :'], 'Xmodeline_strict')
+  filetype plugin on
+  split Xmodeline_strict
+  call assert_equal("python", &filetype)
+  bwipe!
+  filetype plugin off
+
+  " 'spell' and 'spelllang' should work
+  call writefile(['vim: set spell spelllang=de :'], 'Xmodeline_strict')
+  split Xmodeline_strict
+  call assert_equal(1, &spell)
+  call assert_equal("de", &spelllang)
+  bwipe!
+
+  " 'foldmethod' should work
+  call writefile(['vim: set fdm=marker :'], 'Xmodeline_strict')
+  split Xmodeline_strict
+  call assert_equal("marker", &foldmethod)
+  bwipe!
+
+  " 'autoindent' and 'cindent' should work
+  call writefile(['vim: set ai cin :'], 'Xmodeline_strict')
+  split Xmodeline_strict
+  call assert_equal(1, &ai)
+  call assert_equal(1, &cin)
+  bwipe!
+
+  " 'textwidth'
+  call writefile(['vim: set tw=10 :'], 'Xmodeline_strict')
+  split Xmodeline_strict
+  call assert_equal(10, &textwidth)
+  bwipe!
+
+  let &modeline = modeline
+  set modelinestrict
+endfunc
+
+func Test_modeline_strict_blocked()
+  let modeline = &modeline
+  set modeline modelinestrict
+
+  " 'wrap' is not whitelisted, should be silently skipped
+  set wrap
+  call writefile(['vim: set nowrap :'], 'Xmodeline_strict_fail')
+  split Xmodeline_strict_fail
+  call assert_equal(1, &wrap)
+  bwipe!
+
+  " 'number' is not whitelisted, should be silently skipped
+  set nonumber
+  call writefile(['vim: set number :'], 'Xmodeline_strict_fail')
+  split Xmodeline_strict_fail
+  call assert_equal(0, &number)
+  bwipe!
+
+  " Whitelisted options still work alongside blocked ones
+  set wrap nonumber
+  call writefile(['vim: set nowrap ts=3 number :'], 'Xmodeline_strict_fail')
+  split Xmodeline_strict_fail
+  call assert_equal(1, &wrap)
+  call assert_equal(3, &ts)
+  call assert_equal(0, &number)
+  bwipe!
+
+  let &modeline = modeline
+endfunc
+
+func Test_modeline_strict_off()
+  let modeline = &modeline
+  set modeline nomodelinestrict
+
+  " With modelinestrict off, non-whitelisted options should work
+  call writefile(['vim: set number :'], 'Xmodeline_strict_off', 'D')
+  split Xmodeline_strict_off
+  call assert_equal(1, &number)
+  bwipe!
+
+  let &modeline = modeline
+  set modelinestrict&
+endfunc
+
+func Test_modeline_strict_cannot_be_set_from_modeline()
+  let modeline = &modeline
+  set modeline modelinestrict
+
+  " 'modelinestrict' itself cannot be set from a modeline (P_SECURE)
+  call writefile(['vim: set nomodelinestrict :'], 'Xmodeline_strict_ml', 'D')
+  call assert_fails('split Xmodeline_strict_ml', 'E520:')
+  call assert_equal(1, &modelinestrict)
+  bwipe!
+
+  let &modeline = modeline
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
index 5326c3dfb..69a4f6daf 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_quickfix.vim
@@ -2271,7 +2271,7 @@ func Test_switchbuf()
 
   " If opening a file changes 'switchbuf', then the new value should be
   " retained.
-  set modeline&vim
+  set modeline&vim nomodelinestrict
   call writefile(["vim: switchbuf=split"], 'Xqftestfile1', 'D')
   enew | only
   set switchbuf&vim
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ func Test_switchbuf()
 
   call delete('Xqftestfile2')
   call delete('Xqftestfile3')
-  set switchbuf&vim
+  set switchbuf&vim modelinestrict
 
   enew | only
 endfunc
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 657dc3f47..9aef76d65 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -734,6 +734,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    350,
 /**/
     349,
 /**/

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