Ubuntu alert USN-8541-1 (vim)
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| Subject: | [USN-8541-1] Vim vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:13:15 +0000 | |
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========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8541-1 July 14, 2026 vim vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Vim. Software Description: - vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor Details: Hirohito Higashi discovered that Vim incorrectly escaped class or trait names when performing PHP omni-completion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick a user into opening a specially crafted PHP file and executing arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-59856) Hirohito Higashi discovered that Vim incorrectly handled sound-folding of certain words when using a spell file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Vim to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-59857) It was discovered that Vim incorrectly escaped certain tags file fields when performing C omni-completion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file and executing arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-59858) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS vim 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 vim-common 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 vim-gtk3 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 vim-gui-common 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 vim-motif 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 vim-nox 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 vim-runtime 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 vim-tiny 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 xxd 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vim 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 vim-athena 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 vim-common 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 vim-gtk3 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 vim-gui-common 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 vim-motif 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 vim-nox 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 vim-runtime 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 vim-tiny 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 xxd 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 vim-athena 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 vim-common 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 vim-gtk 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 vim-gtk3 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 vim-gui-common 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 vim-nox 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 vim-runtime 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 vim-tiny 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 xxd 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk3 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gui-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-runtime 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-tiny 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro xxd 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-common 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gnome 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk3 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gui-common 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-runtime 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-tiny 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro xxd 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gnome 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gnome-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk3 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk3-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gui-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-runtime 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-tiny 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gnome 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gui-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-lesstif 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-runtime 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-tiny 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8541-1 CVE-2026-59856, CVE-2026-59857, CVE-2026-59858 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.2141-1ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0016-1ubun... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubun...
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