High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 11, 2026· Updated Oct 6, 2026
CVE-2026-73076
CVE-2026-73076
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0847, runtime/autoload/vimball.vim allows a crafted vimball member named .VimballRecord to overwrite the installation record with attacker-chosen commands. When vimball#RmVimball() later processes the matching record entry, the stored Ex commands, including operating-system commands invoked through :!, execute with the privileges of the user running Vim. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0847.
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Affected products
10- osv-coords8 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%2016.0
< 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.20
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0957-160000.1.1
Patches
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References
2- github.com/vim/vim/commit/581a2f3ac9c6f96a26324f6b2c8c11415fd0d452nvdPatch
- github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-r22p-fhw4-84p2nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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