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High ELSA-2026-77359 1 CVE

Important: vim security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Oct 7, 2026 · Updated Oct 7, 2026

Summary

[8.0.1763-32.0.1]
- Remove upstream references [Orabug: 31197557]
- Added glibc-gconv-extra to common requires to provide ISO-8859-2 [Orabug: 34114984]

[2:8.0.1763-32]
- RHEL-271024 vim: vim: Ex command injection via crafted filename in sign_jump()

[2:8.0.1763-32]
- RHEL-257017 CVE-2026-73073 arbitrary Ex command execution during
C omni-completion

[2:8.0.1763-31.7]
- RHEL-253666 CVE-2026-28420 buffer overflow in terminal emulator

[2:8.0.1763-31.6]
- RHEL-215662 CVE-2026-55892 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in
dump_prefixes()

[2:8.0.1763-31.5]
- RHEL-215681 CVE-2026-59857 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in
spell_soundfold_sal()

[2:8.0.1763-31.4]
- RHEL-215657 CVE-2026-52859 vim: out-of-bounds read in terminal
cell.chars[] loop

[2:8.0.1763-31.3]
- CVE-2026-73072 vim: heap buffer overflow in set_sofo()

[2:8.0.1763-31.2]
- CVE-2026-73078 vim: code injection in netrw via bookmarks

[2:8.0.1763-31.1]
- CVE-2026-73076 vim: code execution via .VimballRecord file

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-common 2:8.0.1763-32.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-enhanced 2:8.0.1763-32.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-filesystem 2:8.0.1763-32.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-minimal 2:8.0.1763-32.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-X11 2:8.0.1763-32.0.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.1

    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…