Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 25.10 Vim Critical Denial Service Fix USN-8101-1 CVE-2026
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - 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: Rahul Hoysala discovered that Vim did not correctly handle certain tag resolutions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-25749) It was discovered that Vim did not correctly handle processing certain specialKey commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-26269) Kim Dong Han discovered that Vim did not correctly handle opening certain URLs. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-28417)
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 25.10 - 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: Rahul Hoysala discovered that Vim did not correctly handle certain tag resolutions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-25749) It was discovered that Vim did not correctly handle processing certain specialKey commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-26269) Kim Dong Han discovered that Vim did not correctly handle opening certain URLs. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-28417)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 vim 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vim 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.10 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.26 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm29 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm23 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 25.10 vim 2:9.1.0967-1ubuntu6.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vim 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.10 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS vim 2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.26 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vim 2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 18.04 LTS vim 2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm14 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm29 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 14.04 LTS vim 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm23 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
CVE-2026-25749, CVE-2026-26269, CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28418, CVE-2026-28419, CVE-2026-28420, CVE-2026-28421, CVE-2026-28422
CVE-2026-25749, CVE-2026-26269, CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28418,
CVE-2026-28419, CVE-2026-28420, CVE-2026-28421, CVE-2026-28422
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