Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Feb 27, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2026-28421
CVE-2026-28421
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a swap file. Version 9.2.0077 fixes the issue.
Affected products
29- osv-coords26 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-X11pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-datapkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-enhancedpkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-filesystempkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-minimalpkg:rpm/almalinux/xxdpkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP5-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP6-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/vim&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP6
< 2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1+ 25 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-6.el10_1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-6.el10_1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-17.59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-17.59.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150000.5.86.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/10nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/vim/vim/commit/65c1a143c331c886dc28nvdPatch
- github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-r2gw-2x48-jj5pnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0077nvdProduct
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