Packages
- vim - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
Details
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled path traversal in the
zip.vim plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite
arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04
LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-35177)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled depth tracking when
processing spell files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2026-55693, CVE-2026-55892)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled filename escaping in the
netrw plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10,
and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled path traversal in the
zip.vim plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite
arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04
LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2026-35177)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled depth tracking when
processing spell files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2026-55693, CVE-2026-55892)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled filename escaping in the
netrw plugin. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10,
and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-55895)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled length calculations when
opening encrypted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu
24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-57452)
Dhruv Vishesh Gupta discovered that Vim incorrectly handled quoting of
archive entry names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-57453)
It was discovered that Vim incorrectly handled bounds checking when
translating words through a byte map. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-57455)
Chenyuan Mi discovered that Vim incorrectly handled docstring escaping
during Python omni-completion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-57456)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 26.04 LTS resolute | vim – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | ||
| vim-common – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | |||
| vim-motif – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | |||
| xxd – 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.6 | |||
| 25.10 questing | vim – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| vim-common – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| vim-motif – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| xxd – 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.8 | |||
| 24.04 LTS noble | vim – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| vim-common – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| vim-motif – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| xxd – 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.17 | |||
| 22.04 LTS jammy | vim – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| vim-common – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| xxd – 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.33 | |||
| 20.04 LTS focal | vim – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| vim-common – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| xxd – 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm9 | |||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | vim – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| vim-common – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| vim-gnome – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| xxd – 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm21 | |||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | vim – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-athena-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-common – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-gnome – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-gnome-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-gtk-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-gtk3 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-gtk3-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-nox-py2 – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm36 | |||
| 14.04 LTS trusty | vim – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | ||
| vim-athena – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
| vim-common – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
| vim-gnome – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
| vim-gtk – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
| vim-gui-common – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
| vim-lesstif – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
| vim-nox – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
| vim-runtime – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
| vim-tiny – 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30 | |||
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