ALSA-2026:28553 Moderate: vim security update

Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: Vim: Command injection allows arbitrary code execution via malicious tag files CVE-2026-41411 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other relate...

Oracle Linux 9 : vim (ELSA-2026-19224)

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-19224 advisory. - RHEL-159630 CVE-2026-33412 vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob function - RHEL-155438 CVE-2026-28417 vim: Vim: Arbitrary code...

vim: Vim: Command injection allows arbitrary code execution via malicious tag files

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. This command injection vulnerability occurs during tag file processing. A local user could craft a malicious tags file containing backtick syntax in the filename field. When Vim resolves a tag from this file, it executes the embedd...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for eac...

vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass

A flaw was found in Vim's zip.vim plugin. A local user could be tricked into opening a specially crafted zip archive, which would allow a path traversal bypass. This vulnerability enables an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, potentially leading to data integrity issues or furth...

vim: arbitrary command execution via modeline sandbox bypass

A flaw was found in Vim. A modeline is used to set specific editor options directly from a text file. However, the complete, guitabtooltip, printheader options and the mapset function lack proper security checks, allowing an attacker to bypass restrictions and cause arbitrary OS command execution...

vim: command injection when decompressing .tgz archives

A flaw was found in Vim. When decompressing .tgz archives, the Vimuntar function builds shell commands using shellescape without the special flag. This allows a specially crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute arbitrary commands in the context of the current...

vim: Vim: Command injection allows arbitrary code execution via malicious tag files

A flaw was found in Vim, an open-source command-line text editor. This command injection vulnerability occurs during tag file processing. A local user could craft a malicious tags file containing backtick syntax in the filename field. When Vim resolves a tag from this file, it executes the embedd...

vim: command injection when decompressing .tgz archives

A flaw was found in Vim. When decompressing .tgz archives, the Vimuntar function builds shell commands using shellescape without the special flag. This allows a specially crafted archive filename to trigger Vim cmdline-special expansion and execute arbitrary commands in the context of the current...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is availab...

vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass

A flaw was found in Vim's zip.vim plugin. A local user could be tricked into opening a specially crafted zip archive, which would allow a path traversal bypass. This vulnerability enables an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, potentially leading to data integrity issues or furth...

PT-2026-52474

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 9.2.0663 Description A Vimscript code injection issue exists in the s:NetrwLocalRmFile function within the netrw plugin runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim when deleting a local file from the browser. The probl...

PT-2026-52473

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vim versions prior to 9.2.0662 Description The dump prefixes function in src/spell.c iteratively walks a spell-file prefix trie using a depth counter to dump prefixes applying to a word. Because the counter is not checked against the size of t...

Amazon Linux 2 : vim, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3368 (ALAS-2026-3368)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3368 advisory. Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave in the netrw plugin...

Amazon Linux 2023 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2023-2026-1862)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1862 advisory. Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip...

RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:28050)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:28050 advisory. Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: arbitrary command execution via modeline sandbox...

RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:28049)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:28049 advisory. Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: arbitrary command execution via modeline sandbox...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-8451-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8451-1 advisory. Srinivas Piskala Ganesh Babu discovered that Vim incorrectly handled...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities exists in IBM Netezza Software

Summary Vulnerabilities identified in IBM Netezza Software have been addressed in version 11.3.1.1. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-24786 DESCRIPTION: The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when...

USN-8451-1: Vim vulnerabilities

Srinivas Piskala Ganesh Babu discovered that Vim incorrectly handled directory names when serializing browsed paths to the netrw history file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2026-47162 It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled step-definition pattern...