Vim vulnerabilities
Summary
Michał Majchrowicz discovered that Vim’s zip plugin could overwrite arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete sensitive data or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-35177) It was discovered that Vim’s netbeans interface did not properly sanitize certain strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39881) It was discovered that Vim did not properly handle backticks in tag filenames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-41411) Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04, 25.10, 24.04, 22.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-41411, CVE-2026-39881, CVE-2026-35177.
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
- Apply available updates: `sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade` (a standard system update installs the fix).
Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 3 hours ago·verify at source
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