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High ALSA-2026:77359 1 CVE

Important: vim security update

Published Oct 7, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

* vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion (CVE-2026-73073)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 vim-common 2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 vim-enhanced 2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 vim-filesystem 2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 vim-minimal 2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 vim-X11 2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.1
    CVE-2026-73073

    Vim: Arbitrary Ex Command Execution in C Omni-Completion

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0845, StructMembers() in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim constructs and executes a vimgrep command using an insufficiently escaped typeref: or typename: value from a tags file, allowing an untermina…

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-73073
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2517950
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-77359.html