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High ALSA-2026:8259 3 CVEs

Important: vim security update

Published Apr 15, 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 code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)
* vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)
* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

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 · 9 vim-common 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.2
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-enhanced 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.2
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-filesystem 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.2
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-minimal 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.2
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-X11 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.2

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Medium 5.6
    CVE-2026-33412

    Vim affected by Command injection via newline in glob()

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to…

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine
  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2026-28421

    Vim has a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a sw…

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine
  • Medium 4.4
    CVE-2026-28417

    Vim has OS Command Injection in netrw

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, 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 `scp://` protocol handler), an …

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28417
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28421
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33412
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2443455
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2443474
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2450907
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-8259.html