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 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 9 | vim | 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.2 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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Medium 5.6
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…
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Medium 5.3
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…
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Medium 4.4
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 …