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Ubuntu 22.04 vim Major Security Flaw Under Scrutiny SEC-ALERT-2028-4216-5

opensuse
Calendar Grey March 18, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This advisory highlights critical updates to Vim in openSUSE to fix identified security issues efficiently.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description

This update for vim fixes the following issues:

Update Vim to version 9.2.0110:

* CVE-2025-53906: malicious zip archive may cause a path traversal in Vim's

zip (bsc#1246602).

* CVE-2026-26269: Netbeans specialKeys stack buffer overflow (bsc#1258229).

* CVE-2026-28417: crafted URL parsed by netrw plugin can lead to execute

arbitrary shell commands (bsc#1259051).

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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-2026-910=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-910=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-910=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-910=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-910=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-910=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-910=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-910=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

zypp...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* vim-debugsource-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-small-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* gvim-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-debuginfo-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* gvim-debuginfo-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* vim-data-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-data-common-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* vim-debugsource-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-small-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* gvim-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-debuginfo-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* gvim-debuginfo-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-small-debuginfo-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* vim-data-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* vim-data-common-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (noarch)

* vim-data-common-9.2.0110-150500.20.43.1

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

*...

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References

* bsc#1246602

* bsc#1258229

* bsc#1259051

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-53906.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26269.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28417.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246602

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258229

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259051

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0910-1
Release Date: 2026-03-17T19:34:41Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * 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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