Fedora 43 vim Moderate Code Injection Threat CVE-2026-39881
fedora
April 28, 2026
Security fix for CVE-2026-39881
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 fix for CVE-2026-39881
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Fri Apr 24 2026 Zdenek Dohnal
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2456722 - CVE-2026-39881 vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in NetBeans interface
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2456722
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-755c51e6a0' 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: 9.2.390
Release: 1.fc43
URL: https://www.vim.org/
Summary: The VIM editor
Topics Covered
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