vim: Mehrere Schwachstellen
WID-SEC-2026-1962 · first 17.06.2026 · updated 14.10.2026 · CVSS 6,7
What it is about
Vim (Vi IMproved) ist eine Weiterentwicklung des Texteditors vi. Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in vim ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen.
Under what conditions?
The BSI does not name any particular preconditions.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder beliebigen Code auszuführen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- IBM QRadar SIEM
- RESF Rocky Linux
- Open Source vim <9.2.0662
- Open Source vim <9.2.0663
- Oracle Linux
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- Open Source vim 9.2.0662
- Open Source vim 9.2.0663
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8500-1 vom 2026-07-02 ubuntu.com
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-qm9w-fmpj-879h vom 2026-06-16 github.com
- GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-vhh8-v6wx-hjjh vom 2026-06-16 github.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2026-3804 vom 2026-07-21 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2026-3883 vom 2026-09-01 alas.aws.amazon.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:66336 vom 2026-09-10 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:66348 vom 2026-09-10 access.redhat.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:66348 vom 2026-09-11 errata.build.resf.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-66336 vom 2026-09-10 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-66366 vom 2026-09-11 linux.oracle.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:66366 vom 2026-09-10 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-66348 vom 2026-09-11 linux.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:66366 vom 2026-09-11 errata.build.resf.org
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:66336 vom 2026-09-11 errata.build.resf.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-75768 vom 2026-10-06 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-77359 vom 2026-10-08 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-75769 vom 2026-10-08 linux.oracle.com
- IBM Security Bulletin 7292240 vom 2026-10-13 www.ibm.com
CVE: CVE-2026-55892, CVE-2026-55895
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.