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Vim Security Update Fixes Code Execution Risks

published 3 months ago
Summary

A security update for Vim has been released to fix critical vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code. This update also includes various bug fixes and improvements to the text editor. We recommend installing the latest version to ensure your system remains secure.

What to do
  • Update suse vim to version 9.2.0780-160000.1.1.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
SUSE:Linux Micro 6.2 suse vim < 9.2.0780-160000.1.1
Fix: upgrade to 9.2.0780-160000.1.1
Original advisory text
Security update for vim
This update for vim fixes the following issues:

Update to version 9.2.0780.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2026-59856: arbitrary code execution via PHP omni-completion due to improper escaping (bsc#1271194).
- CVE-2026-59857: out-of-bounds write in SAL soundfolding due to improper bounds check (bsc#1271195).
- CVE-2026-59858: arbitrary code execution via C omni-completion due to improper escaping (bsc#1271193).

Other updates and bugfixes:

- Version 9.2.0780 changelog:
* filetype detect missing from completion (9.2.0726).
* popup images not rendered correctly when unfocused (9.2.0727).
* filetype: supertux info pattern is relative to current dir
(9.2.0728).
* % skips parens on continued quoted lines (9.2.0729).
* GTK4 GUI tabline is not updated (9.2.0730).
* GTK4 GUI scrollbar size not updated when restoring a session
(9.2.0731).
* session: terminal restored using absolute columns/rows (9.2.0732).
* GTK3: GUI slow on X11 since dropping the alpha channel (9.2.0733).
* function pointer passed to STRNCMP() instead of a length
(9.2.0734).
* tests: comment test can be improved (9.2.0737).
* completion: 'autocompletedelay' blocks the main loop and drops
autocommands (9.2.0739).
* GTK4: scrollbar wrongly displayed (9.2.0740).
* complete_check() does not return TRUE for mapped input (9.2.0741).
* filetype: SSH keys and related filetypes not recognized (9.2.0742).
* string macros silently accept a size of the wrong type (9.2.0743).
* popup_atcursor() closes immediately on white space (9.2.0744).
* cscope: connection leak when growing the array fails (9.2.0747).
* 'autocompletedelay' interferes with CTRL-G U (9.2.0748).
* 'autocompletedelay' interferes with i_CTRL-K (9.2.0749).
* completion: 'autocompletedelay' deferral leaks state (9.2.0750).
* GTK3 GUI is slow under Wayland (9.2.0751).
* GTK4: drag-and-drop does not support HTML (9.2.0752).
* GTK GUI deferred redraw skipped on 'lazyredraw' (9.2.0753).
* repeated completion length lookup in search_for_exact_line
(9.2.0754).
* 'autocomplete' behaves inconsistently when recording (9.2.0755).
* session with multiple tabpages sets 'winminheight' to 0 (9.2.0756).
* tests: test_popupwin fails with zsh because of the prompt
(9.2.0757).
* pum: no opacity when background not set for Popup menu group
(9.2.0758).
* some code for 'autocompletedelay' is no longer needed (9.2.0759).
* compiler warning for using potentially uninitialized var
(9.2.0760).
* runtime(netrw): Unix: unable to open '\' file (9.2.0761).
* duplicated sub-option name check in :set completion (9.2.0762).
* tests: style issue in test_plugin_netrw (9.2.0763).
* compiler warning about unused function (9.2.0764).
* popup: opacity popup over a terminal is not cleared when moved
(9.2.0765).
* quick_tab entries for empty letters point to the wrong index
(9.2.0766).
* legacy/vim9cmd modifiers do not set script version for options
values (9.2.0767).
* legacy/vim9cmd modifiers are not exclusive (9.2.0768).
* conversion to utf-16be using iconv is inconsistent (9.2.0769).
* dict_add_dict() has inconsistent ownership on failure (9.2.0770).
* dict_add_list() has inconsistent ownership on failure (9.2.0771).
* Vim9: null dereference inside alloc_type() (9.2.0772).
* memory leak in evalfunc.c on alloc failure (9.2.0773).
* memory leak in f_getscriptinfo() on alloc failure (9.2.0774).
* memory leak in highlight_get_info() on alloc failure (9.2.0775).
* memory leak in sign_getlist() on alloc failure (9.2.0776).
* memory leak in add_defer() on alloc failure (9.2.0777).
* memory leak in compile_dict() on alloc failure (9.2.0778).
* memory leak in type_name_func() on alloc failure (9.2.0779).
* memory leak in evalvars.c on alloc failure (9.2.0780).
Timeline
Published18 Jul 2026
Updated23 Jul 2026
First seen23 Jul 2026
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