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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73073
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0845, StructMembers() in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim constructs and executes a vimgre...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0845, StructMembers() in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim constructs and executes a vimgrep command using an insufficiently escaped typeref: or typename: value from a tags file, allowing an unterminated collection followed by a command separator to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands when a user invokes C omni-completion with CTRL-X CTRL-O on a member access whose type is resolved from that tags file. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0845.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
vim
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm33"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
vim
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+esm39"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
vim
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm24"}]}]
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
vim
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:8.1.2269-1ubuntu5.32+esm13"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
vim
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:8.2.3995-1ubuntu2.36"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
vim
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu7.20"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
vim
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:9.1.2141-1ubuntu4.9"}]}]
References
- advisory ubuntu.com
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