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Fedora 43 vim Critical Security Advisory 2026-651ba4626f CVE-2026-28417

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Calendar Grey March 8, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 43 update for Vim addresses critical security flaws including arbitrary code execution and information exposure.
Security fixes for CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28418, CVE-2026-28419, CVE-2026-28420, CVE-2026-28421, CVE-2026-28422 Security fixes for CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28418, CVE-2026-28419,...

Summary

VIM (VIsual editor iMproved) is an updated and improved version of the

vi editor. Vi was the first real screen-based editor for UNIX, and is

still very popular. VIM improves on vi by adding new features:

multiple windows, multi-level undo, block highlighting and more.

Update Information:

Security fixes for CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28418, CVE-2026-28419, CVE-2026-28420, CVE-2026-28421, CVE-2026-28422 Security fixes for CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28418, CVE-2026-28419, CVE-2026-28420, CVE-2026-28421, CVE-2026-28422

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service fedora critical information disclosure vim

Change Log

* Fri Mar 6 2026 Zdenek Dohnal - 2:9.2.112-2 - fix tests which expect mouse=a * Fri Mar 6 2026 Zdenek Dohnal - 2:9.2.112-1 - patchlevel 112 * Thu Feb 26 2026 Zdenek Dohnal - 2:9.2.045-2 - rebuilt

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2443455 - CVE-2026-28417 vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443455 [ 2 ] Bug #2443474 - CVE-2026-28421 vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443474 [ 3 ] Bug #2443475 - CVE-2026-28422 vim: Vim: Integrity impact due to stack-buffer-overflow via wide terminal statusline rendering https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443475 [ 4 ] Bug #2443481 - CVE-2026-28418 vim: Vim: Information disclosure via heap-based buffer overflow in Emacs-style tags file parsing https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443481 [ 5 ] Bug #2443482 - CVE-2026-28419 vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via malformed tags file https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443482 [ 6 ] Bug #2443484 - CVE-2026-28420 vim: Vim: Information disclosur...

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Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-651ba4626f' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: vim
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 9.2.112
Release: 2.fc43
URL: https://www.vim.org/
Summary: The VIM editor

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service fedora critical information disclosure vim

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