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openSUSE Leap 16.0 ID 21374 Vim Important Code Execution Issues

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2026
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The openSUSE update for vim addresses multiple issues, including important security vulnerabilities and bugs.
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 to version 9.2.0780.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2026-59856: arbitrary code execution via PHP omni-completion due to improper escaping (bsc#1271194).

- CVE-2026-59857: out-of-bounds write in SAL soundfolding due to improper bounds check (bsc#1271195).

- CVE-2026-59858: arbitrary code execution via C omni-completion due to improper escaping (bsc#1271193).

Other updates and bugfixes:

- Version 9.2.0780 changelog:

* filetype detect missing from completion (9.2.0726).

* popup images not rendered correctly when unfocused (9.2.0727).

* filetype: supertux info pattern is relative to current dir

(9.2.0728).

* % skips parens on continued quoted lines (9.2.0729).

* GTK4 GUI tabline is not updated (9.2.0730).

* GTK4 GUI scrollbar size not updated when restoring a session

(9.2.0731).

* session: terminal restored using absolute columns/rows (9.2.0732).

* GTK3: GUI slow on X11 since dropping the alpha channel...

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Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

gvim-9.2.0780-160000.1.1

vim-9.2.0780-160000.1.1

vim-data-9.2.0780-160000.1.1

vim-data-common-9.2.0780-160000.1.1

vim-small-9.2.0780-160000.1.1

xxd-9.2.0780-160000.1.1

References

* bsc#1271193

* bsc#1271194

* bsc#1271195

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59856.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59857.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59858.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21374-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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