Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-59858: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0735, the C omni-completion script in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim interpolates the typeref: or typename: extension field of a tags entry, without escaping, into a :vimgrep pattern that is run through :execute. Because :vimgrep honors the bar as a command separator, a crafted tag field can close the search pattern and append an arbitrary Ex command; opening a hostile .c file whose project tags file contains such an entry and invoking C omni-completion runs that command as the editing user. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0735. CVE-2026-59856: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0736, the PHP omni-completion script in runtime/autoload/phpcomplete.vim interpolates a class or trait name, taken from the contents of the edited buffer, into a search() pattern that is run via win_execute() without escaping. A name containing a single quote can terminate the search() string argument early, and because the bar is honored as an Ex command separator, the remainder of the name is run as Ex commands; via the :! command this allows arbitrary operating-system command execution when a victim opens a crafted PHP file and invokes omni-completion. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0736.
Fixed packages 8
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | vim-common | 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.9 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | vim-data | 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.9 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | vim-debuginfo | 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.9 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | vim-enhanced | 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.9 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | vim-filesystem | 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.9 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | vim-minimal | 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.9 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | vim-X11 | 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.9 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | xxd | 2:9.0.2153-1.amzn2.0.9 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 8.4
Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via PHP Omni-Completion
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0736, the PHP omni-completion script in runtime/autoload/phpcomplete.vim interpolates a class or trait name, taken from the contents of the edited buffer, into a search() pattern that is run via wi…
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High 8.4
Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via C Omni-Completion
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0735, the C omni-completion script in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim interpolates the typeref: or typename: extension field of a tags entry, without escaping, into a :vimgrep pattern that is run th…