Vulnerability in vim
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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53906 has been found in vim.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade vim to 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "vim UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53906" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-53906 (vim)
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Patched: 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in vim.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of vim.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'vim' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'vim' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
vimを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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Apply patchpatch
Upgrade vim to 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9ステージング環境で 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3
Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | vim |
All versions |
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| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | vim |
All versions |
— |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | vim |
All versions |
— |
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | vim |
All versions |
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| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | vim |
All versions |
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| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | vim |
< 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9 |
2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.9 |
Original description The description as published by the source.
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in Vim’s zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- advisory ubuntu.com
- report ubuntu.com
- report cve.org
- report openwall.com
- report github.com