Security update for vim

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21840-1
Release Date: 2026-05-28T12:13:40Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-39881 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-39881 ( SUSE ): 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2026-39881 ( NVD ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2026-39881 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-42307 ( NVD ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2026-43961 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-43961 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2026-44656 ( SUSE ): 4.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2026-44656 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2026-44656 ( NVD ): 4.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2026-44656 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2026-45130 ( SUSE ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2026-45130 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-45130 ( NVD ): 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2026-46483 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-46483 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-46483 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-46483 ( NVD ): 3.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves six vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for vim fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-39881: command injection in NetBeans interface can lead to arbitrary file reads and writes (bsc#1261833).
  • CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
  • CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
  • CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
  • CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
  • CVE-2026-46483: command injection via tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

Changes for vim:

  • Update to v9.2.0530.
  • Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-817=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (noarch)
    • vim-data-common-9.2.0530-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • vim-small-9.2.0530-160000.1.1
    • vim-debugsource-9.2.0530-160000.1.1
    • vim-small-debuginfo-9.2.0530-160000.1.1
    • vim-debuginfo-9.2.0530-160000.1.1

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