{"id":"RLSA-2026:66348","summary":"Important: vim security update","details":"Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator (CVE-2026-28420)\n\n* vim: Vim: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in terminal handling (CVE-2026-52859)\n\n* vim: Vim: Denial of Service via crafted spell file (CVE-2026-55892)\n\n* vim: Vim: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in spell sound-folding (CVE-2026-59857)\n\n* vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted vimball (CVE-2026-73076)\n\n* vim: Vim: Heap buffer overflow allows arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-73072)\n\n* vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted Netrw Menu Entries (CVE-2026-73078)\n\nFor 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.","modified":"2026-09-11T06:30:02.591342236Z","published":"2026-09-11T06:01:11.299759Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-28420","CVE-2026-52859","CVE-2026-55892","CVE-2026-59857","CVE-2026-73072","CVE-2026-73076","CVE-2026-73078"],"database_specific":{"source_advisory":"RHSA-2026:66348","license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:66348"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443484"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487989"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492975"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498863"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514034"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514037"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514058"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66348"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"vim","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/vim?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=2"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:8.0.1763-31.el8_10.7"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:66348.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}