Vim vulnerabilities
Summary
Joshua Rogers discovered that Vim incorrectly handled certain URL schemes in the netrw plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-42307) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled command-line completion for the :find command. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-44656) Daniel Cervera discovered that Vim incorrectly handled loading spell files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-45130) Affected Ubuntu releases: 26.04, 25.10, 24.04, 22.04, 20.04, 18.04, 16.04, 14.04. CVEs: CVE-2026-42307, CVE-2026-44656, CVE-2026-45130.
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Ubuntu 16.04
- Ubuntu 14.04
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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