CVE-2026-73070VulnerabilityPublished 28 Aug 2026Updated 10 Nov 2026

SUSE · Security update for vim

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-73070· Medium 6.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.8 Medium.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 20:06 UTC

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6.8Medium

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CNA (GitHub_M)	CVSS 4.0	6.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: None
Vulnerable system availability: High
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable system is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or through terminal emulation (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., using social engineering techniques to trick a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker requires privileges that provide basic capabilities that are typically limited to settings and resources owned by a single low-privileged user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges has the ability to access only non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: High: There is a total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the Vulnerable System; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the Vulnerable System (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 11 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

Description

This update for vim fixes the following issues: Updated to version 9.2.0957. Security issues fixed: - CVE-2026-73070: stack buffer overflow in the socket server can lead to denial of service (bsc#1275018). - CVE-2026-73071: use-after-free in JSON decoding can lead to process crash (bsc#1275017). - CVE-2026-73072: heap buffer overflow when loading a spell file can lead to crash or potential code execution (bsc#1275016). - CVE-2026-73074: heap buffer overflow in text property handling can lead to a crash or potential code execution (bsc#1275015). - CVE-2026-73075: out-of-bounds access in popup opacity handling can lead to a conditional memory write (bsc#1275014). - CVE-2026-73076: arbitrary command execution via the vimball record file (bsc#1275013). - CVE-2026-73077: arbitrary code execution due to insecure shell command handling (bsc#1275012). - CVE-2026-73078: arbitrary code execution via crafted netrw menu entries (bsc#1275011). Other updates and bugfixes: - Version 9.2.0957. * tests: Test_fuzzy_completion_bufname_fullpath() creates unnecessary dir (9.2.0781). * tests: missing cleanup in test_mksession.vim (9.2.0782). * tests: personal spell files leak into later tests (9.2.0783). * crash when borrowing statusline highlight in silent Ex mode (9.2.0784). * WinResized not triggered when the whole Vim is resized (9.2.0785). * filetype: containerfile is not recognized (9.2.0786). * regexp: code 0x1ecb duplicated for equivalence class (9.2.0787). * filetype: hip files are not recognized (9.2.0788). * 'statuslineopt' status line too high after a window is minimized (9.2.0789). * 'completeslash' breaks :find completion with 'findfunc' (9.2.0790). * wincol() counts from right side for 'rightleft' (9.2.0791). * runtime(netrw): explore without optional dir broken (9.2.0792). * if session restored a tiny window, restore fails (9.2.0793). * extend() and extendnew() don't handle NULL expr2 properly (9.2.0794). * popup menu shadow is not cleared when the menu shrinks (9.2.0795). * Visual block reselection wrong with 'virtualedit' (9.2.0796). * memory leak in get_qfline_items() on alloc failure (9.2.0797). * memory leak in compile_expr6() on alloc failure (9.2.0798). * memory leak in compile_def_function_body() on alloc failure (9.2.0799). * memory leak in call_func() on alloc failure (9.2.0800). * memory leak in f_getreginfo() on alloc failure (9.2.0801). * memory leak with list_append_dict/dict_add_list on alloc failure (9.2.0802). * memory leak on alloc failure with taglist/gettagstack() (9.2.0803). * wincol() is wrong for a double-wide character with 'rightleft' (9.2.0804). * screenpos() "curscol" is wrong with 'rightleft' (9.2.0805). * 'showcmd' may show internal command keys (9.2.0806). * MS-Windows: ellipsis character is garbled (9.2.0807). * getregionpos: double-free on alloc failure (9.2.0808). * getframelayout() uses wrong function to free lists (9.2.0809). * add_llist_tags() uses wrong function to free dict (9.2.0810). * mksession writes terminal command unquoted (9.2.0811). * :argdelete with pattern leads to wrong argidx() (9.2.0812). * dict_add_func() may corrupt funcref count on failure (9.2.0813). * Vim9: E1041 when reloading an autoload script with exported variables (9.2.0814). * deeply nested regexp patterns may cause stack overflow (9.2.0815). * GTK4: memory leak in gui_gtk_set_dnd_targets() (9.2.0816). * crash when building a stacktrace during an autocommand (9.2.0817). * tests: client-server test fails without X11 server (9.2.0818). * MS-Windows: sixel image shown as raw text in the console (9.2.0819). * GUI: hidden popup image is displayed and not erased (9.2.0820). * filetype: msmtp system-wide rc file not detected (9.2.0821). * GTK4: crash menu id is null in gui_mch_destroy_menu() (9.2.0822). * tests: Test_clientserver_servlist_list may fail (9.2.0823). * Makefile: make tags depends on configure (9.2.0824). * regexp: submatch in a look-behind is empty with the NFA engine (9.2.0825). * highlighting for broken terminals can be improved (9.2.0826). * :startinsert enters Insert mode in a non-modifiable buffer (9.2.0827). * GTK4: hardware rendering can be improved (9.2.0828). * sessions do not preserve script version for expression options (9.2.0829). * the completion menu is not used on terminals without colors (9.2.0830). * diff highlighting hard to read with syntax enabled (9.2.0831). * socketserver: remote commands can be processed in reverse order (9.2.0832). * GTK4: menu mnemonics do not work properly (9.2.0833). * cleared last search pattern is restored from viminfo (9.2.0834). * features in version.c are not sorted (9.2.0835). * filetype: .git-blame-ignore-revs file is not recognized (9.2.0836). * using wrong colors in hl_blend_attr() (9.2.0837). * searchcount() returns wrong cached maxcount (9.2.0838). * [security]: arbitrary code execution via keyword lookup (9.2.083

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