========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8171-1 April 13, 2026 vim vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Vim. Software Description: - vim: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor Details: Nathan Mills discovered that Vim could crash when parsing certain regular expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.10 (CVE-2026-32249) It was discovered that Vim did not properly sanitize user input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-33412) Avishay Matayev discovered that Vim's modeline sandbox could be bypassed when opening a maliciously-crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2026-34982) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 vim 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 vim-athena 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 vim-common 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 vim-gtk3 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 vim-gui-common 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 vim-motif 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 vim-nox 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 vim-runtime 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 vim-tiny 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 xxd 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vim 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 vim-athena 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 vim-common 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 vim-gtk3 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 vim-gui-common 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 vim-motif 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 vim-nox 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 vim-runtime 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 vim-tiny 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 xxd 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 vim-athena 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 vim-common 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 vim-gtk 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 vim-gtk3 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 vim-gui-common 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 vim-nox 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 vim-runtime 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 vim-tiny 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 xxd 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk3 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gui-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-runtime 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-tiny 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro xxd 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm3 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-common 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gnome 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk3 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gui-common 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-runtime 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-tiny 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro xxd 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm15 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gnome 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gnome-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk3 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk3-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gui-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-runtime 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-tiny 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm30 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-athena 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gnome 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gtk 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-gui-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-lesstif 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-nox 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-runtime 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro vim-tiny 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8171-1 CVE-2026-32249, CVE-2026-33412, CVE-2026-34982 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.11 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.27
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