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[USN-8541-1] Vim vulnerabilities

Posted on 14 July 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8541-1
July 14, 2026

vim vulnerabilities
==========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- 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:

Hirohito Higashi discovered that Vim incorrectly escaped class or trait
names when performing PHP omni-completion. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to trick a user into opening a specially crafted PHP
file and executing arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu
22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-59856)

Hirohito Higashi discovered that Vim incorrectly handled sound-folding
of certain words when using a spell file. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause Vim to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2026-59857)

It was discovered that Vim incorrectly escaped certain tags file fields
when performing C omni-completion. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file and
executing arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-59858)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
vim 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
vim-common 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
vim-gtk3 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
vim-gui-common 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
vim-motif 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
vim-nox 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
vim-runtime 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
vim-tiny 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
xxd 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
vim 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
vim-athena 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
vim-common 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
vim-gtk3 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
vim-gui-common 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
vim-motif 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
vim-nox 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
vim-runtime 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
vim-tiny 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
xxd 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
vim-athena 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
vim-common 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
vim-gtk 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
vim-gtk3 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
vim-gui-common 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
vim-nox 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
vim-runtime 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
vim-tiny 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34
xxd 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk3 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gui-common 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-runtime 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-tiny 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro
xxd 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm10
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-common 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gnome 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk3 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gui-common 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-runtime 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-tiny 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro
xxd 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm22
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gnome 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gnome-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk3 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk3-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gui-common 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox-py2 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-runtime 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-tiny 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm37
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-athena 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gnome 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gtk 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-gui-common 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-lesstif 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-nox 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-runtime 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro
vim-tiny 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8541-1
CVE-2026-59856, CVE-2026-59857, CVE-2026-59858

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.7
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.18
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.34

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