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openSUSE vim Important Heap Overflow Command Injection Vuln 2026-2236-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 4, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important security update for vim addresses five vulnerabilities. Install fixes using recommended methods.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for vim fixes the following issues

* CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection

vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim

(bsc#1264706).

* CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via

crafted filename (bsc#1265349).

* CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection

vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).

* CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in

read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl)

with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).

* CVE-2026-46483: command injection via `tar#Vimuntar()` in

`runtime/autoload/tar.vim` when decompressing `.tgz` archives on Unix-like

systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

* Update to v9.2.0530.

* Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake

recipies. (bsc#1262395)

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Topics Covered

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2236=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-2236=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-2236=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-2236=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-2236=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2236=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-2236=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* gvim-debuginfo-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-small-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* gvim-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-debugsource-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-debuginfo-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* vim-data-common-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-data-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (noarch)

* vim-data-common-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* vim-small-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-debugsource-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-debuginfo-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* vim-small-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-debugsource-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-debuginfo-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* vim-9.2.0530-150500.20.52.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7...

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References

* bsc#1262395

* bsc#1264706

* bsc#1264707

* bsc#1264708

* bsc#1265349

* bsc#1265360

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42307.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43961.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44656.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45130.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46483.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262395

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264706

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264707

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264708

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265349

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265360

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2236-1
Release Date: 2026-06-03T11:01:09Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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