Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-73073
* 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
* 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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