SUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2026:20403-1 (vim)

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openSUSE-SU-2026:20403-1: important: Security update for vim
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openSUSE security update: security update for vim
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20403-1
Rating: important
References:

  * bsc#1246602
  * bsc#1258229
  * bsc#1259051



Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-53906
  * CVE-2026-26269
  * CVE-2026-28417



CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-53906 ( SUSE ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
  * CVE-2025-53906 ( SUSE ): 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L
  * CVE-2026-26269 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  * CVE-2026-28417 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  * CVE-2026-28417 ( SUSE ): 4.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products:

         openSUSE Leap 16.0

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An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has 3 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

- Update Vim to version 9.2.0110 that includes security fixes for:
* CVE-2026-28417: crafted URL parsed by netrw plugin can lead to execute arbitrary shell commands
(bsc#1259051).
* CVE-2026-26269: stack buffer overflow in Vim's NetBeans integration when processing the
specialKeys command (bsc#1258229).
* CVE-2025-53906: path traversal in Vim's zip.vim plugin (bsc#1246602).

- Other changes:
* Add wayland-client to BuildRequires and enable Wayland support.
* Add Wayland include path to CFLAGS to fix clipboard compilation.
* Package new Swedish (sv) man pages and clean up duplicate encodings (sv.ISO8859-1 and sv.UTF-8).


Patch instructions:

   To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods
   like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

   zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-417=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

  gvim-9.2.0110-160000.1.1
  vim-9.2.0110-160000.1.1
  vim-data-9.2.0110-160000.1.1
  vim-data-common-9.2.0110-160000.1.1
  vim-small-9.2.0110-160000.1.1
  xxd-9.2.0110-160000.1.1

References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53906.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26269.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28417.html