Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0725, the single-byte branch of spell_soundfold_sal() in src/spell.c translates a word through a spell file's SAL sound-folding rules into a caller-owned result buffer, but its result writes are guarded with reslen < MAXWLEN, allowing reslen to reach MAXWLEN before res[reslen] = NUL writes one byte past the end of the MAXWLEN-element stack buffer. A boundary-length word passed to soundfold(), or reached via sound-based spell suggestion while a SAL-based spell language is active under a non-multibyte 8-bit encoding, can corrupt the eval_soundfold() stack frame and crash the editor. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0725.

An update of the vim package has been released.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1993 advisory.

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0736, the PHP omni-completion script in     runtime/autoload/phpcomplete.vim interpolates a class or trait name, taken from the contents of the edited     buffer, into a search() pattern that is run via win_execute() without escaping. A name containing a single     quote can terminate the search() string argument early, and because the bar is honored as an Ex command     separator, the remainder of the name is run as Ex commands; via the :! command this allows arbitrary     operating-system command execution when a victim opens a crafted PHP file and invokes omni-completion.
    This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0736. (CVE-2026-59856)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0725, the single-byte branch of     spell_soundfold_sal() in src/spell.c translates a word through a spell file's SAL sound-folding rules into     a caller-owned result buffer, but its result writes are guarded with reslen < MAXWLEN, allowing reslen to     reach MAXWLEN before res[reslen] = NUL writes one byte past the end of the MAXWLEN-element stack buffer. A     boundary-length word passed to soundfold(), or reached via sound-based spell suggestion while a SAL-based     spell language is active under a non-multibyte 8-bit encoding, can corrupt the eval_soundfold() stack     frame and crash the editor. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0725. (CVE-2026-59857)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0735, the C omni-completion script in     runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim interpolates the typeref: or typename: extension field of a tags entry,     without escaping, into a :vimgrep pattern that is run through :execute. Because :vimgrep honors the bar as     a command separator, a crafted tag field can close the search pattern and append an arbitrary Ex command;
    opening a hostile .c file whose project tags file contains such an entry and invoking C omni-completion     runs that command as the editing user. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0735. (CVE-2026-59858)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3458-1 advisory.

    This update for vim fixes the following issues:

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2026-59856: Arbitrary Code Execution via PHP Omni-Completion (bsc#1271194).
    - CVE-2026-59857: Out-of-bounds Write in SAL Soundfolding (bsc#1271195).
    - CVE-2026-59858: Arbitrary Code Execution via C Omni-Completion (bsc#1271193).

    Non security issue fixed:

    - Guard suse.vimrc against re-entry to prevent an infinite sourcing      loop (bsc#1271684).
    - allow 'wrap' and 'linebreak' to be set from a modeline (bsc#1268162).

    Changes for vim:

    - Updated to version 9.2.0780:

     * filetype detect missing from completion (9.2.0726).
     * popup images not rendered correctly when unfocused (9.2.0727).
     * filetype: supertux info pattern is relative to current dir      (9.2.0728).
     * % skips parens on continued quoted lines (9.2.0729).
     * GTK4 GUI tabline is not updated (9.2.0730).
     * GTK4 GUI scrollbar size not updated when restoring a session      (9.2.0731).
     * session: terminal restored using absolute columns/rows (9.2.0732).
     * GTK3: GUI slow on X11 since dropping the alpha channel (9.2.0733).
     * function pointer passed to STRNCMP() instead of a length      (9.2.0734).
     * tests: comment test can be improved (9.2.0737).
     * completion: 'autocompletedelay' blocks the main loop and drops      autocommands (9.2.0739).
     * GTK4: scrollbar wrongly displayed (9.2.0740).
     * complete_check() does not return TRUE for mapped input (9.2.0741).
     * filetype: SSH keys and related filetypes not recognized (9.2.0742).
     * string macros silently accept a size of the wrong type (9.2.0743).
     * popup_atcursor() closes immediately on white space (9.2.0744).
     * cscope: connection leak when growing the array fails (9.2.0747).
     * 'autocompletedelay' interferes with CTRL-G U (9.2.0748).
     * 'autocompletedelay' interferes with i_CTRL-K (9.2.0749).
     * completion: 'autocompletedelay' deferral leaks state (9.2.0750).
     * GTK3 GUI is slow under Wayland (9.2.0751).
     * GTK4: drag-and-drop does not support HTML (9.2.0752).
     * GTK GUI deferred redraw skipped on 'lazyredraw' (9.2.0753).
     * repeated completion length lookup in search_for_exact_line      (9.2.0754).
     * 'autocomplete' behaves inconsistently when recording (9.2.0755).
     * session with multiple tabpages sets 'winminheight' to 0 (9.2.0756).
     * pum: no opacity when background not set for Popup menu group      (9.2.0758).
     * some code for 'autocompletedelay' is no longer needed (9.2.0759).
     * compiler warning for using potentially uninitialized var      (9.2.0760).
     * runtime(netrw): Unix: unable to open '\' file (9.2.0761).
     * duplicated sub-option name check in :set completion (9.2.0762).
     * compiler warning about unused function (9.2.0764).
     * popup: opacity popup over a terminal is not cleared when moved      (9.2.0765).
     * quick_tab entries for empty letters point to the wrong index      (9.2.0766).
     * legacy/vim9cmd modifiers do not set script version for options      values (9.2.0767).
     * legacy/vim9cmd modifiers are not exclusive (9.2.0768).
     * conversion to utf-16be using iconv is inconsistent (9.2.0769).
     * dict_add_dict() has inconsistent ownership on failure (9.2.0770).
     * dict_add_list() has inconsistent ownership on failure (9.2.0771).
     * Vim9: null dereference inside alloc_type() (9.2.0772).
     * memory leak in evalfunc.c on alloc failure (9.2.0773).
     * memory leak in f_getscriptinfo() on alloc failure (9.2.0774).
     * memory leak in highlight_get_info() on alloc failure (9.2.0775).
     * memory leak in sign_getlist() on alloc failure (9.2.0776).
     * memory leak in add_defer() on alloc failure (9.2.0777).
     * memory leak in compile_dict() on alloc failure (9.2.0778).
     * memory leak in type_name_func() on alloc failure (9.2.0779).
     * memory leak in evalvars.c on alloc failure (9.2.0780).

    - Updated to version 9.2.0725:

     * GTK: preedit font size is wrong for fractional point sizes (9.2.0532).
     * '[ mark moved to end of inserted text after CTRL-R CTRL-P paste (9.2.0533).
     * GTK UI does not support fullscreen mode (9.2.0534).
     * GTK4: mouse popup menu does not show up at mouse pointer (9.2.0537).
     * Cannot keep leading whitespace in %{} statusline expr (9.2.0538).
     * filetype: too many Bitbake include files are recognized (9.2.0539).
     * Vim9: endclass/endenum/endinterface can give errors (9.2.0541).
     * Vim9: wrong error when redeclaring a typed variable (9.2.0543).
     * GTK4: window blank after a resize or drag (9.2.0544).
     * popup: blending uses hardcoded fallback colors (9.2.0545).
     * configure: GTK4 build requires GTK >= 4.10 (9.2.0546).
     * '%v' in 'errorformat' is affected by 'tabstop' (9.2.0547).
     * GTK4: terminal and pty job output is not processed (9.2.0548).
     * Cursor wrong after autoindent strip is skipped (9.2.0549).
     * GTK4: 'mousehide' unhides cursor when switching tabs (9.2.0550).
     * filetype: Tolk files are not recognized (9.2.0551).
     * GTK4: F10 does nothing when the menubar is hidden (9.2.0552).
     * runtime(netrw): netrw rejects hostnames containing _ (9.2.0553).
     * GTK4: memory leak in free_menu() (9.2.0554).
     * too many strlen() in ex_substitute() (9.2.0555).
     * GTK4: scrollbars not shown and do not respond to clicks (9.2.0556).
     * filetype: Kawasaki Robots files are not recognized (9.2.0557).
     * filetype: Popcap Reanimation files are not recognized (9.2.0558).
     * filetype: Kaitai struct files are not recogonized (9.2.0559).
     * filetype: busybox shebang lines are not recognized (9.2.0560).
     * [security]: possible code execution with python3complete (9.2.0561).
     * filetype: SGF files are not recognized (9.2.0562).
     * GTK3/Wayland: crash with right mouse-button in tabline (9.2.0563).
     * GTK4: tabline does not respond to mouse clicks (9.2.0564).
     * [security]: out-of-bounds read in update_snapshot() (9.2.0565).
     * <C-w>f duplicates window if do_ecmd() is aborted (9.2.0566).
     * dict function name allocation failure not handled (9.2.0567).
     * pythoncomplete: g:pythoncomplete_allow_import had no effect (9.2.0568).
     * out-of-bounds access in libvterm CSI 8 t resize (9.2.0569).
     * GTK4: mouse wheel scrolling does not work correctly (9.2.0570).
     * Vim9: memory leak in compile_nested_function() on failure (9.2.0571).
     * lines disappear with wrapping virtual text after a double-width char (9.2.0572).
     * Vim9: missing EX_WHOLE on some block keywords (9.2.0573).
     * popup_create() not blocked in secure/sandbox (9.2.0576).
     * GTK4: window resizing issues (9.2.0577).
     * GTK4: :unmenu does not remove entries from the menubar (9.2.0578).
     * :mksession, :mkview and :mkvimrc emit legacy Vim script (9.2.0579).
     * xxd: binary output is not colored with -R (9.2.0580).
     * After maximizing and deleting the quickfix buffer, window height is wrong (9.2.0581).
     * GTK4: compile error when XFONTSET is defined (9.2.0582).
     * completion: indent not ignored for fuzzy line completion (9.2.0583).
     * GTK4: missing UI features (9.2.0584).
     * line number wrong after undoing a deletion in quickfix buffer (9.2.0585).
     * Crash with TextPut autocmd when pasting in terminal buffer (9.2.0586).
     * GTK4: left scrollbar overlaps drawarea (9.2.0587).
     * GTK4: drawing area loses focus after closing a menubar popover (9.2.0588).
     * filetype: xinitrc files are not recognized (9.2.0589).
     * GTK4: drawing area loses focus shape on popup menu open (9.2.0590).
     * 'scrolljump' ignored when scrolling up (9.2.0591).
     * Error when restoring session with terminal window (9.2.0592).
     * :wqall ignores term_setkill() on running terminal buffers (9.2.0593).
     * Use-after-free with ':wqall' and a running terminal job (9.2.0594).
     * MS-Windows: Wrong buffer size calculation for gvimext (9.2.0595).
     * cmdline completion popup cannot be scrolled with the mouse (9.2.0596).
     * [security]: possible code execution with python complete (9.2.0597).
     * popup: title set with popup_setoptions() is not shown (9.2.0599).
     * clientserver method needs to be given as argument (9.2.0600).
     * matchfuzzypos() returns garbage positions for long candidates (9.2.0601).
     * popup: No opacity when background not set for Popup group (9.2.0602).
     * possible heap-buffer-overflow when resizing the GUI (9.2.0603).
     * GTK4: does not support all clipboard formats (9.2.0606).
     * GTK4: inputdialog() does not work as expected (9.2.0607).
     * popup_setoptions()/ch_setoptions() does not check secure mode (9.2.0608).
     * completion info popup cannot be scrolled with the keyboard (9.2.0609).
     * cindent: closing brace in a comment affects the next line's indent (9.2.0610).
     * MS-Windows: evim.exe not working with VIMDLL (9.2.0611).
     * Cannot render images in popup windows (9.2.0612).
     * opacity popup leaves stale cells (9.2.0614).
     * sixel encoder drops pixels on the right edge of shapes (9.2.0615).
     * GTK4: use-after-free on clipboard read timeout (9.2.0616).
     * GvimExt: does not support different runtime dirs (9.2.0617).
     * use-after-free in popup_getoptions() on dict_add() failure (9.2.0618).
     * integer overflow in popup image size validation (9.2.0619).
     * runtime(netrw): fix 2match pattern rebuild (9.2.0620).
     * 'autoindent' not stripped with virtualedit=onemore (9.2.0621).
     * str2blob() does not work with wide UTF-16 encoding (9.2.0622).
     * possible integer overflow in spellfile tree bounds check (9.2.0623).
     * C-N/C-P cannot be mapped in complete() completion (9.2.0624).
     * GTK4: Link error when Wayland is disabled (9.2.0625).
     * Vim9: illegal characters allowed in dict key names with dot notation (9.2.0626).
     * :vim9cmd source handles all scripts as Vim9 script (9.2.0627).
     * popup image: wrong overlap layering, kitty laggy (9.2.0628).
     * 0x80 and 0x9b byte not unescaped when check for valid abbr (9.2.0629).
     * popup images: kitty images output in GUI mode (9.2.0630).
     * DECRQM and SGR Mouse not supported in foot terminal (9.2.0631).
     * GTK4: no support for hardware-accelerated rendering (9.2.0632).
     * MS-Windows: No support for kitty graphics support in terminal (9.2.0633).
     * GTK4: no minimum resize limit (9.2.0634).
     * checking the syntax contains/cluster list is slow (9.2.0635).
     * popup image: stale pixels under RGBA animation frames (9.2.0636).
     * sixel: anti-aliased RGBA images render with visible outline (9.2.0637).
     * cannot return matches containing spaces from a custom completion (9.2.0638).
     * gq with 'formatprg' fails on an empty buffer (9.2.0639).
     * the '%' command jumps to parens and braces inside comments (9.2.0640).
     * GTK4: crash in gui_mch_menu_hidden() (9.2.0641).
     * statusline: buffer overflow with item groups (9.2.0642).
     * Missing Image ifdefs (9.2.0643).
     * popup image: duplicate sync-output code (9.2.0644).
     * Composing chars no longer accepted in end-id abbr (9.2.0645).
     * GTK3 GUI slow on HiDPI/4K with software rendering (9.2.0646).
     * matchfuzzypos() false exact match for long equal-length candidates (9.2.0647).
     * MS-Windows: Compile warnings (9.2.0648).
     * filetype: tf files sometimes incorrectly recognized (9.2.0649).
     * Vim aborts at startup when built with the example -O2 CFLAGS (9.2.0650).
     * completion: 'smartcase' doesn't work with 'longest' (9.2.0651).
     * popup: stale kitty image after clipwindow scrolls out of view (9.2.0652).
     * [security]: out-of-bounds write in tree_count_words() (9.2.0653).
     * GTK4: using uninitialised colors in gui_mch_init() (9.2.0654).
     * GTK4: missing NULL checks in vim_form_measure() (9.2.0655).
     * completion: using wrong tolower() in smartcase filtering (9.2.0656).
     * GTK4: missing menu when right-clicking in tabline (9.2.0657).
     * xxd: signed integer overflow in huntype() (9.2.0658).
     * GTK4: no balloon support in GUI (9.2.0659).
     * Dragging the scrollbar does not trigger WinScrolled (9.2.0660).
     * unintended wipe of Vim's temp dir, causes errors (9.2.0661).
     * [security] Stack out-of-bounds write in dump_prefixes() (9.2.0662).
     * [security]: runtime(netrw): code injection in local file deletion (9.2.0663).
     * GTK4: GTK critical error on exit printed (9.2.0665).
     * Terminal-Normal mode does not color empty lines with a background color (9.2.0666).
     * patch 9.2.0590 was wrong (9.2.0667).
     * GTK4: minimum horizontal size is too small (9.2.0668).
     * GTK4: toolbar can be improved (9.2.0669).
     * [security]: Out-of-bounds read with text properties (9.2.0670).
     * [security]: possible out-of-bounds read with sodium encrypted files (9.2.0671).
     * corrupted text property causes internal error (9.2.0672).
     * configure: clears dynamic ruby linker flags (9.2.0674).
     * MS-Windows: cannot switch to a buffer with '%' in its name (9.2.0676).
     * Cannot clear the alternate file register # (9.2.0677).
     * [security]: potential powershell code execution in zip.vim (9.2.0678).
     * [security]: Out-of-bounds read with text property virtual text (9.2.0679).
     * keytrans() doesn't replace '|' and '\' (9.2.0680).
     * configure: -lruby added even for a dynamic ruby build (9.2.0681).
     * Wrong dot-repeat when calling complete() while filtering completion (9.2.0682).
     * filetype completion mishandles finished sub options (9.2.0683).
     * :reg # does not display the value of the '#' register (9.2.0684).
     * clipboard.c does not get the Wayland CFLAGS on GTK2 (9.2.0685).
     * style: strcmp usage is inconsistent (9.2.0686).
     * popup_image_composites_frames() has improper if block scope (9.2.0687).
     * Terminal-Normal mode does not show the Visual selection on a colored empty line (9.2.0688).
     * the '%' command is slow on a long line with many slashes (9.2.0689).
     * Solaris: swap file names are too long (9.2.0690).
     * Solaris: Test_terminal_composing_unicode() fails (9.2.0691).
     * GTK2: build failure, popup images not drawn correctly (9.2.0692).
     * Solaris: some tests faiures due to Solaris peculiarities (9.2.0694).
     * Solaris: test_delete_temp_dir() fails because of missing flock (9.2.0695).
     * GTK4: A few issues with toolbar support (9.2.0696).
     * possible overflow when parsing CSI keys (9.2.0697).
     * [security]: Out-of-bounds write with soundfold() (9.2.0698).
     * [security]: possible code execution with python complete (9.2.0699).
     * configure: -lrt requirement for timer_create not detected (9.2.0700).
     * :windo and :tabdo create an extra window with 'winfixbuf' (9.2.0702).
     * session file does not store relative Vim9 autoload imports (9.2.0703).
     * GTK4: not handling mouse events (9.2.0704).
     * :delete # silently fails to update '# and clobbers '0 (9.2.0705).
     * completion: popup misplaced when text before it is concealed (9.2.0707).
     * Leaks in do_autocmd in error case (9.2.0708).
     * GTK4: a few minor issues (9.2.0709).
     * GTK4 GUI resize handling can be improved (9.2.0710).
     * leak in ins_compl_infercase_gettext() in error case (9.2.0711).
     * GTK4: dialogs not handling mnemonics correctly (9.2.0712).
     * completion: ruler not updated correctly when the popup menu is visible (9.2.0713).
     * Coverity warns for NULL deref (9.2.0714).
     * Coverity warns about copy/paste error in hl_blend_attr() (9.2.0715).
     * filetype: not all supertux files are recognized (9.2.0716).
     * :syn sync without an argument also lists syntax cluster (9.2.0718).
     * GTK4: default menu is lacking (9.2.0719).
     * GTK4: no support for browsefilter (9.2.0720).
     * serverlist() returns strings separated by \n (9.2.0721).
     * GTK4: find/replace dialog can be improved (9.2.0722).
     * term_start() does not support 'noclose' (9.2.0723).
     * use-after-free when freeing exit_cb job on exit (9.2.0724).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3271-1 advisory.

    This update for vim fixes the following issues

    - Updated to version 9.2.0780.
    - CVE-2026-59856: Arbitrary Code Execution via PHP Omni-Completion (bsc#1271194).
    - CVE-2026-59857: Out-of-bounds Write in SAL Soundfolding (bsc#1271195).
    - CVE-2026-59858: Arbitrary Code Execution via C Omni-Completion (bsc#1271193).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3237-1 advisory.

    This update for vim fixes the following issues

    - Updated to version 9.2.0780.
    - CVE-2026-59856: Arbitrary Code Execution via PHP Omni-Completion (bsc#1271194).
    - CVE-2026-59857: Out-of-bounds Write in SAL Soundfolding (bsc#1271195).
    - CVE-2026-59858: Arbitrary Code Execution via C Omni-Completion (bsc#1271193).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Vim installed on the remote host is prior to 9.2.0725. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the GHSA-m3hf-xcm3-xhm2 advisory.

  - Vim's single-byte branch of spell_soundfold_sal() in src/spell.c translates a word through a spell file's SAL     sound-folding rules into a caller-owned result buffer, but its result writes are guarded with reslen < MAXWLEN,     allowing reslen to reach MAXWLEN before res[reslen] = NUL writes one byte past the end of the MAXWLEN-element     stack buffer. A boundary-length word passed to soundfold(), or reached via sound-based spell suggestion while a     SAL-based spell language is active under a non-multibyte 8-bit encoding, can corrupt the eval_soundfold() stack     frame and crash the editor. (CVE-2026-59857)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21374-1 advisory.

    Update to version 9.2.0780.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2026-59856: arbitrary code execution via PHP omni-completion due to improper escaping (bsc#1271194).
    - CVE-2026-59857: out-of-bounds write in SAL soundfolding due to improper bounds check (bsc#1271195).
    - CVE-2026-59858: arbitrary code execution via C omni-completion due to improper escaping (bsc#1271193).

    Other updates and bugfixes:

    - Version 9.2.0780 changelog:
      * filetype detect missing from completion (9.2.0726).
      * popup images not rendered correctly when unfocused (9.2.0727).
      * filetype: supertux info pattern is relative to current dir         (9.2.0728).
      * % skips parens on continued quoted lines (9.2.0729).
      * GTK4 GUI tabline is not updated (9.2.0730).
      * GTK4 GUI scrollbar size not updated when restoring a session         (9.2.0731).
      * session: terminal restored using absolute columns/rows (9.2.0732).
      * GTK3: GUI slow on X11 since dropping the alpha channel (9.2.0733).
      * function pointer passed to STRNCMP() instead of a length         (9.2.0734).
      * tests: comment test can be improved (9.2.0737).
      * completion: 'autocompletedelay' blocks the main loop and drops         autocommands (9.2.0739).
      * GTK4: scrollbar wrongly displayed (9.2.0740).
      * complete_check() does not return TRUE for mapped input (9.2.0741).
      * filetype: SSH keys and related filetypes not recognized (9.2.0742).
      * string macros silently accept a size of the wrong type (9.2.0743).
      * popup_atcursor() closes immediately on white space (9.2.0744).
      * cscope: connection leak when growing the array fails (9.2.0747).
      * 'autocompletedelay' interferes with CTRL-G U (9.2.0748).
      * 'autocompletedelay' interferes with i_CTRL-K (9.2.0749).
      * completion: 'autocompletedelay' deferral leaks state (9.2.0750).
      * GTK3 GUI is slow under Wayland (9.2.0751).
      * GTK4: drag-and-drop does not support HTML (9.2.0752).
      * GTK GUI deferred redraw skipped on 'lazyredraw' (9.2.0753).
      * repeated completion length lookup in search_for_exact_line         (9.2.0754).
      * 'autocomplete' behaves inconsistently when recording (9.2.0755).
      * session with multiple tabpages sets 'winminheight' to 0 (9.2.0756).
      * tests: test_popupwin fails with zsh because of the prompt         (9.2.0757).
      * pum: no opacity when background not set for Popup menu group         (9.2.0758).
      * some code for 'autocompletedelay' is no longer needed (9.2.0759).
      * compiler warning for using potentially uninitialized var         (9.2.0760).
      * runtime(netrw): Unix: unable to open '\' file (9.2.0761).
      * duplicated sub-option name check in :set completion (9.2.0762).
      * tests: style issue in test_plugin_netrw (9.2.0763).
      * compiler warning about unused function (9.2.0764).
      * popup: opacity popup over a terminal is not cleared when moved         (9.2.0765).
      * quick_tab entries for empty letters point to the wrong index         (9.2.0766).
      * legacy/vim9cmd modifiers do not set script version for options         values (9.2.0767).
      * legacy/vim9cmd modifiers are not exclusive (9.2.0768).
      * conversion to utf-16be using iconv is inconsistent (9.2.0769).
      * dict_add_dict() has inconsistent ownership on failure (9.2.0770).
      * dict_add_list() has inconsistent ownership on failure (9.2.0771).
      * Vim9: null dereference inside alloc_type() (9.2.0772).
      * memory leak in evalfunc.c on alloc failure (9.2.0773).
      * memory leak in f_getscriptinfo() on alloc failure (9.2.0774).
      * memory leak in highlight_get_info() on alloc failure (9.2.0775).
      * memory leak in sign_getlist() on alloc failure (9.2.0776).
      * memory leak in add_defer() on alloc failure (9.2.0777).
      * memory leak in compile_dict() on alloc failure (9.2.0778).
      * memory leak in type_name_func() on alloc failure (9.2.0779).
      * memory leak in evalvars.c on alloc failure (9.2.0780).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8541-1 advisory.

    Hirohito Higashi discovered that Vim incorrectly escaped class or trait names when performing PHP omni-     completion. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick a user into opening a specially crafted PHP     file and executing arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and     Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-59856)

    Hirohito Higashi discovered that Vim incorrectly handled sound-folding of certain words when using a spell     file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Vim to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2026-59857)

    It was discovered that Vim incorrectly escaped certain tags file fields when performing C omni-completion.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file and     executing arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-59858)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0725, the single-byte branch of     spell_soundfold_sal() in src/spell.c translates a word through a spell file's SAL sound-folding rules into     a caller-owned result buffer, but its result writes are guarded with reslen < MAXWLEN, allowing reslen to     reach MAXWLEN before res[reslen] = NUL writes one byte past the end of the MAXWLEN-element stack buffer. A     boundary-length word passed to soundfold(), or reached via sound-based spell suggestion while a SAL-based     spell language is active under a non-multibyte 8-bit encoding, can corrupt the eval_soundfold() stack     frame and crash the editor. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0725. (CVE-2026-59857)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
334726	Photon OS 5.0: Vim PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0950	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
332020	Amazon Linux 2023 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2023-2026-1993)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
331850	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2026:3458-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
330311	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2026:3271-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
330289	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2026:3237-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
329214	Vim < 9.2.0725 Out-of-bounds Write (GHSA-m3hf-xcm3-xhm2)	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
328920	openSUSE 16 Security Update : vim (openSUSE-SU-2026:21374-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
327061	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-8541-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
326287	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-59857	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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