USN-8246-1: vim Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 07-05-2026Last modified 20-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-8246-1 is a vulnerability in vim Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CVE-2026-35177CVE-2026-39881CVE-2026-41411

Timeline

  1. 07-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 20-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

vim vulnerabilities Michał Majchrowicz discovered that Vim’s zip plugin could overwrite arbitrary files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to delete sensitive data or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-35177) It was discovered that Vim’s netbeans interface did not properly sanitize certain strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-39881) It was discovered that Vim did not properly handle backticks in tag filenames. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-41411)

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • vim< 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.29 | < 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.13 | < 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.4 | < 2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.1

1 vendor · 1 product

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