Vim security vulnerabilities

Vim is an open-source, cross-platform text editor developed by Vim developers. Versions of Vim prior to 9.2.0450 contained security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities were caused by a heap buffer overflow in the readcompound function, which could allow attackers to exploit a specially crafted...

CVE-2026-45130: Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in readcompound in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file .spl with UTF-8 encoding active. An attacker-controlled length field in the spell file's compound section overflows a 32-b...

CVE-2026-42307: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL e.g., using the sftp:// or file:// protocol handlers, an attacker can execute arbitrary...

CLSA-2026-1778021665 vim: Fix of CVE-2026-39881

CVE-2026-39881: fix netbeans defineAnnoType command injection by validating typeName, fg and bg against an allowlist before passing them to coloncmd; also restrict specialKeys tokens to alphanumeric characters to prevent map command injection...

USN-8246-1: Vim vulnerabilities

Michał Majchrowicz discovered that Vim’s zip plugin could overwrite arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete sensitive data or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. CVE-2026-35177 It was discovered that Vim’s netbeans interface did not...

USN-8246-1 vim vulnerabilities

Michał Majchrowicz discovered that Vim’s zip plugin could overwrite arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete sensitive data or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. CVE-2026-35177 It was discovered that Vim’s netbeans interface did not...

CLSA-2026-1778140717 vim: Fix of 10 CVEs

CVE-2022-0158: fix Vim9 reading before start of line with single $ - CVE-2022-0696: fix crash when switching tabpage in cmdline window - CVE-2022-1674: fix crash when matching buffer with invalid pattern - CVE-2022-1725: fix using NULL regexp program in buffer matching - CVE-2022-1771: fix...

CLSA-2026-1778133583 vim: Fix of 10 CVEs

CVE-2022-0158: fix Vim9 reading before start of line with single $ - CVE-2022-0696: fix crash when switching tabpage in cmdline window - CVE-2022-1674: fix crash when matching buffer with invalid pattern - CVE-2022-1725: fix using NULL regexp program in buffer matching - CVE-2022-1771: fix...

[SECURITY] Fedora 42 Update: vim-9.2.390-1.fc42

VIM VIsual editor iMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features: multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: vim (UTSA-2026-016508)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016508 advisory. The UNIX editor Vim prior to version 9.1.0678 has a use-after-free error in argument list handling. When adding a new file to the argument list, this triggers Buf...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: vim (UTSA-2026-016507)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016507 advisory. Vim is an improved version of the unix vi text editor. When flushing the typeahead buffer, Vim moves the current position in the typeahead buffer but does not check...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: vim (UTSA-2026-016512)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016512 advisory. Vim is an open source command line text editor. double-free in dialogchanged in Vim v9.1.0648. When abandoning a buffer, Vim may ask the user what to do with the...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: vim (UTSA-2026-016511)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016511 advisory. Vim is an open source, command line text editor. A use-after-free was found in Vim 9.1.0764. When closing a buffer visible in a window a BufWinLeave auto command can...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: vim (UTSA-2026-016514)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016514 advisory. Vim is an open source command line text editor. Vim v9.1.0647 has double free in src/alloc.c:616. When closing a window, the corresponding tagstack data will be...

Fedora 42 : vim (2026-11d7d4d8f3)

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-11d7d4d8f3 advisory. Security fix for CVE-2026-39881 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note that Nessus h...

Important Photon OS Security Update - PHSA-2026-4.0-1012

Updates of 'etcd', 'vim' packages of Photon OS have been released...

CLSA-2026-1777942724 vim: Fix of 3 CVEs

CVE-2021-3928: fix reading uninitialized memory in spell suggestions spellsuggest.c - CVE-2022-1616: fix buffer overflow in invalid command with composing chars exdocmd.c - CVE-2022-1620: fix NULL pointer dereference when using invalid pattern buffer.c...

EUVD-2026-28180

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient environment variable denylist vulnerability in its exec environment policy that allows operator-supplied overrides of high-risk interpreter startup variables including VIMINIT, EXINIT, LUAINIT, and HOSTALIASES. Attackers can exploit this by...

CVE-2026-43584 OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Environment Variable Denylist in Exec Policy

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient environment variable denylist vulnerability in its exec environment policy that allows operator-supplied overrides of high-risk interpreter startup variables including VIMINIT, EXINIT, LUAINIT, and HOSTALIASES. Attackers can exploit this by...

CLSA-2026-1778009078 vim: Fix of 5 CVEs

CVE-2022-2125: fix out-of-bounds read in getlispindent; break out of the inner loop on NUL byte indent.c, upstream patch 8.2.5122 - CVE-2021-3974: fix use-after-free in nfaregmatch when a substitute callback frees the regline during a mark comparison; save col and re-fetch rex.line via reggetline...