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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Important Vim Update 2026-20916-1

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical updates for SUSE vim fix important issues like buffer overflow and command execution risks. Patch now!
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for vim fixes the following issues: * Update Vim to version 9.2.0110 that includes security fixes for: * CVE-2026-28417: crafted URL parsed by netrw plugin can lead to execute arbitrary shell commands (bsc#1259051). * CVE-2026-26269: stack buffer overflow in Vim's NetBeans integration when processing the specialKeys command (bsc#1258229). * CVE-2025-53906: path traversal in Vim's zip.vim plugin (bsc#1246602). * Other changes: * Add wayland-client to BuildRequires and enable Wayland support. * Add Wayland include path to CFLAGS to fix clipboard compilation. * Package new Swedish (sv) man pages and clean up duplicate encodings (sv.ISO8859-1 and sv.UTF-8). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE arbitrary code execution important vim

References

* bsc#1246602

* bsc#1258229

* bsc#1259051

Cross-

* CVE-2025-53906

* CVE-2026-26269

* CVE-2026-28417

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-53906 ( SUSE ): 1.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

* CVE-2025-53906 ( SUSE ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2025-53906 ( NVD ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2026-26269 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2026-26269 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-26269 ( NVD ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2026-28417 ( SUSE ): 4.6

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-28417 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20916-1
Release Date: 2026-03-20T03:15:00Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE arbitrary code execution important vim

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