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Unscored USN-8101-1 0 CVEs

vim vulnerabilities

Published Mar 16, 2026 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

Rahul Hoysala discovered that Vim did not correctly handle certain tag
resolutions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2026-25749)

It was discovered that Vim did not correctly handle processing certain
specialKey commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-26269)

Kim Dong Han discovered that Vim did not correctly handle opening certain
URLs. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2026-28417)

Kim Dong Han discovered that Vim did not correctly handle parsing
Emacs-style tag files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2026-28418, CVE-2026-28419)

Kim Dong Han discovered that Vim did not correctly handle processing
maximum combining characters from Unicode supplementary planes. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10.
(CVE-2026-28420)

Kim Dong Han discovered that Vim did not correctly handle swap file
recovery. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-28421)

Kim Dong Han discovered that Vim did not correctly handle rendering
status lines. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-28422)

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.26
Ubuntu · 24.04 LTS 24.04:LTS vim 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.10
Ubuntu · 25.10 vim 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm23
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm29
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm14
Ubuntu · Pro 20.04 LTS Pro:20.04:LTS vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-25749
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-26269
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-28417
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-28418
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-28419
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-28420
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-28421
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-28422