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Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-73073

Type: advisorySources: OSV

* SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary Ex command execution during C omni-completion: escaping only "/" and "\\" in the typeref/typename tag field was not enough. With no "/" in the payload an unclosed "[" makes :vimgrep's pattern skipping fail, after which the command parser treats a following "|" as a command separator, so a crafted tags entry still runs arbitrary Ex/OS commands when C omni-completion is invoked on a hostile .c file. - debian/patches/CVE-2026-73073.patch: match the type field literally with \V ... \m around escape(typename, '/\') when building the :vimgrep pattern in s:StructMembers(), in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim; matches upstream patch 9.2.0845. - CVE-2026-73073

Products
vim, vim-athena, vim-athena-py2, vim-common, vim-doc, vim-gnome, vim-gnome-py2, vim-gtk, vim-gtk-py2, vim-gtk3, vim-gtk3-py2, vim-gui-common, vim-nox, vim-nox-py2, vim-runtime, vim-tiny
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73
CVEs
CVE-2026-73073
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-73073

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Aug 2026, 13:21 UTC

* SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary Ex command execution during C omni-completion: escaping only "/" and "\\" in the typeref/typename tag field was not enough. With no "/" in the payload an unclosed "[" makes :vimgrep's pattern skipping fail, after which the command parser treats a following "|" as a command separator, so a crafted tags entry still runs arbitrary Ex/OS commands when C omni-completion is invoked on a hostile .c file. - debian/patches/CVE-2026-73073.patch: match the type field literally with \V ... \m around escape(typename, '/\') when building the :vimgrep pattern in s:StructMembers(), in runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim; matches upstream patch 9.2.0845. - CVE-2026-73073

osv:CLSA-2026-1788182469

vim

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-athena

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-athena-py2

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-common

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-doc

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-gnome

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-gnome-py2

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-gtk

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-gtk-py2

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-gtk3

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-gtk3-py2

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-gui-common

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-nox

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-nox-py2

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-runtime

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

vim-tiny

Fixed versions: 3:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.5+tuxcare.els73

Complete source record
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