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SUSE Linux Micro VIM Major OS Command Injection Fix 2026-21880

SUSE Linux Micro VIM Major OS Command Injection Fix 2026-21880

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • June 2, 2026

## This update for vim fixes the following issues * 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).

## This update for vim fixes the following issues * 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).

* 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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21880-1 Release Date: 2026-06-01T10:45:03Z Rating: important

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