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source: vim (main)
version: 2:9.2.0218-1
maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers (DMD)
uploaders: James McCoy [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.7.3
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3
oldstable: 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2
stable: 2:9.1.1230-2
testing: 2:9.2.0218-1
unstable: 2:9.2.0218-1

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2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:9.1.1230-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2:9.2.0218-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

vim (40 bugs: 0, 19, 21, 0)
vim-common (6 bugs: 0, 2, 4, 0)
vim-doc (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
vim-gtk3 (3 bugs: 0, 1, 2, 0)
vim-gui-common
vim-motif
vim-nox (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
vim-runtime (32 bugs: 0, 14, 18, 0)
vim-tiny (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
xxd (3 bugs: 0, 0, 3, 0)

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 9.2.0240 high

A new upstream version 9.2.0240 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-02-13 Last update: 2026-03-26 06:32

10 security issues in trixie high

There are 10 open security issues in trixie.

6 important issues:

CVE-2026-28417: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the `netrw` standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the `scp://` protocol handler), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. Version 9.2.0073 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28418: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0074, a heap-based buffer overflow out-of-bounds read exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file, Vim can be tricked into reading up to 7 bytes beyond the allocated memory boundary. Version 9.2.0074 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28419: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0075, a heap-based buffer underflow exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file where a delimiter appears at the start of a line, Vim attempts to read memory immediately preceding the allocated buffer. Version 9.2.0075 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28420: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0076, a heap-based buffer overflow WRITE and an out-of-bounds READ exist in Vim's terminal emulator when processing maximum combining characters from Unicode supplementary planes. Version 9.2.0076 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28421: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a swap file. Version 9.2.0077 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-33412: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability depends on the user's 'shell' setting. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0202.

4 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2025-53905: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar 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 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
CVE-2025-53906: (needs triaging) 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.
CVE-2026-25749: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.2132, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file resolution logic when processing the 'helpfile' option. The vulnerability is located in the get_tagfname() function in src/tag.c. When processing help file tags, Vim copies the user-controlled 'helpfile' option value into a fixed-size heap buffer of MAXPATHL + 1 bytes (typically 4097 bytes) using an unsafe STRCPY() operation without any bounds checking. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.2132.
CVE-2026-26269: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.1.2148, a stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's NetBeans integration when processing the specialKeys command, affecting Vim builds that enable and use the NetBeans feature. The Stack buffer overflow exists in special_keys() (in src/netbeans.c). The while (*tok) loop writes two bytes per iteration into a 64-byte stack buffer (keybuf) with no bounds check. A malicious NetBeans server can overflow keybuf with a single specialKeys command. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.2148.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-07-16 Last update: 2026-03-26 04:46

10 security issues in bullseye high

There are 10 open security issues in bullseye.

6 important issues:

CVE-2026-28417: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the `netrw` standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the `scp://` protocol handler), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. Version 9.2.0073 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28418: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0074, a heap-based buffer overflow out-of-bounds read exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file, Vim can be tricked into reading up to 7 bytes beyond the allocated memory boundary. Version 9.2.0074 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28419: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0075, a heap-based buffer underflow exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file where a delimiter appears at the start of a line, Vim attempts to read memory immediately preceding the allocated buffer. Version 9.2.0075 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28420: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0076, a heap-based buffer overflow WRITE and an out-of-bounds READ exist in Vim's terminal emulator when processing maximum combining characters from Unicode supplementary planes. Version 9.2.0076 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28421: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a swap file. Version 9.2.0077 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-33412: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability depends on the user's 'shell' setting. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0202.

4 issues postponed or untriaged:

CVE-2025-53905: (postponed; to be fixed through a stable update) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar 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 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
CVE-2025-53906: (postponed; to be fixed through a stable update) 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.
CVE-2026-25749: (postponed; to be fixed through a stable update) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.2132, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file resolution logic when processing the 'helpfile' option. The vulnerability is located in the get_tagfname() function in src/tag.c. When processing help file tags, Vim copies the user-controlled 'helpfile' option value into a fixed-size heap buffer of MAXPATHL + 1 bytes (typically 4097 bytes) using an unsafe STRCPY() operation without any bounds checking. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.2132.
CVE-2026-26269: (postponed; to be fixed through a stable update) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.1.2148, a stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's NetBeans integration when processing the specialKeys command, affecting Vim builds that enable and use the NetBeans feature. The Stack buffer overflow exists in special_keys() (in src/netbeans.c). The while (*tok) loop writes two bytes per iteration into a 64-byte stack buffer (keybuf) with no bounds check. A malicious NetBeans server can overflow keybuf with a single specialKeys command. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.2148.

Created: 2026-02-28 Last update: 2026-03-26 04:46

11 security issues in bookworm high

There are 11 open security issues in bookworm.

6 important issues:

CVE-2026-28417: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the `netrw` standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the `scp://` protocol handler), an attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Vim process. Version 9.2.0073 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28418: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0074, a heap-based buffer overflow out-of-bounds read exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file, Vim can be tricked into reading up to 7 bytes beyond the allocated memory boundary. Version 9.2.0074 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28419: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0075, a heap-based buffer underflow exists in Vim's Emacs-style tags file parsing logic. When processing a malformed tags file where a delimiter appears at the start of a line, Vim attempts to read memory immediately preceding the allocated buffer. Version 9.2.0075 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28420: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0076, a heap-based buffer overflow WRITE and an out-of-bounds READ exist in Vim's terminal emulator when processing maximum combining characters from Unicode supplementary planes. Version 9.2.0076 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-28421: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a swap file. Version 9.2.0077 fixes the issue.
CVE-2026-33412: Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability depends on the user's 'shell' setting. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0202.

5 issues left for the package maintainer to handle:

CVE-2025-29768: (needs triaging) Vim, a text editor, is vulnerable to potential data loss with zip.vim and special crafted zip files in versions prior to 9.1.1198. The impact is medium because a user must be made to view such an archive with Vim and then press 'x' on such a strange filename. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1198.
CVE-2025-53905: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar 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 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.
CVE-2025-53906: (needs triaging) 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.
CVE-2026-25749: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.2132, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file resolution logic when processing the 'helpfile' option. The vulnerability is located in the get_tagfname() function in src/tag.c. When processing help file tags, Vim copies the user-controlled 'helpfile' option value into a fixed-size heap buffer of MAXPATHL + 1 bytes (typically 4097 bytes) using an unsafe STRCPY() operation without any bounds checking. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.2132.
CVE-2026-26269: (needs triaging) Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.1.2148, a stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's NetBeans integration when processing the specialKeys command, affecting Vim builds that enable and use the NetBeans feature. The Stack buffer overflow exists in special_keys() (in src/netbeans.c). The while (*tok) loop writes two bytes per iteration into a 64-byte stack buffer (keybuf) with no bounds check. A malicious NetBeans server can overflow keybuf with a single specialKeys command. The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.2148.

You can find information about how to handle these issues in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-03-03 Last update: 2026-03-26 04:46

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that vim depends on which need a new maintainer are:

docbook-xml (#802368)
- Build-Depends-Indep: docbook-xml

Created: 2022-10-24 Last update: 2026-03-26 07:00

Fails to build during reproducibility testing normal

A package building reproducibly enables third parties to verify that the source matches the distributed binaries. It has been identified that this source package produced different results, failed to build or had other issues in a test environment. Please read about how to improve the situation!

Created: 2024-01-19 Last update: 2026-03-26 06:33

17 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 17 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-03-26 06:30

lintian reports 12 warnings normal

Lintian reports 12 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-03-21 Last update: 2026-03-21 23:02

1 new commit since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 83a86139af5252df8d2c6d3b491fb9ead6500d1a
Author: James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Mar 21 11:04:24 2026 -0400

    Add changelog entry for 'mammempattern' / E363 error with Python highlighting
    
    Signed-off-by: James McCoy <jamessan@debian.org>
    
    #1127816 was closed in 9.2.0218-1, but I forgot to add the corresponding changelog entry.

Created: 2026-03-21 Last update: 2026-03-21 17:02

AppStream hints: 2 warnings normal

AppStream found metadata issues for packages:

vim-common: 1 warning
vim-gui-common: 1 warning

You should get rid of them to provide more metadata about this software.

Created: 2020-06-01 Last update: 2020-06-01 01:13

debian/patches: 5 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 2:9.2.0218-1 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

5 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-03-21 18:00

Issues found with some translations low

Automatic checks made by the Debian l10n team found some issues with the translations contained in this package. You should check the l10n status report for more information.

Issues can be things such as missing translations, problematic translated strings, outdated PO files, unknown languages, etc.

Created: 2020-02-26 Last update: 2023-09-13 08:27

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-perl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
This package will soon be part of the auto-libsodium transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.

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[2026-03-26] vim 2:9.2.0218-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-03-21] Accepted vim 2:9.2.0218-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2026-03-11] Accepted vim 2:9.2.0136-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2026-03-09] Accepted vim 2:9.2.0119-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2026-02-20] vim 2:9.1.2141-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-02-09] Accepted vim 2:9.1.2141-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2026-01-25] vim 2:9.1.2103-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-01-23] Accepted vim 2:9.1.2103-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-11-11] vim 2:9.1.1882-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-28] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1882-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-10-10] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1846-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-10-06] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1829-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-09-24] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1766-1 (source) into experimental (James McCoy)
[2025-05-28] vim 2:9.1.1230-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-05-23] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1230-2 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-05-16] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1385-1 (source) into experimental (James McCoy)
[2025-03-30] Accepted vim 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3 (source) into oldstable-security (Sean Whitton)
[2025-03-30] Accepted vim 2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u2 (source) into oldstable-security (Sean Whitton)
[2025-03-27] vim 2:9.1.1230-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-03-25] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1230-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-02-18] vim 2:9.1.1113-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-16] Accepted vim 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sean Whitton)
[2025-02-16] Accepted vim 2:9.1.1113-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2025-02-01] Accepted vim 2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u1 (source) into proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Sean Whitton)
[2025-01-13] vim 2:9.1.0967-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-01-10] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0967-2 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-12-29] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0967-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-11-16] vim 2:9.1.0861-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-11-13] Accepted vim 2:9.1.0861-1 (source) into unstable (James McCoy)
[2024-10-24] vim 2:9.1.0777-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

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all: 102
RC: 0
I&N: 48
M&W: 54
F&P: 0
patch: 17

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