UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73073

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2026-73073

    Published: 19 Aug 2026Last Modified: 2 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2026-73073
    Aliases:
    USN-8679-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-73073, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73073, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8679-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vim

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vim?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm33

    Affected versions

    2:7.4.000-1ubuntu2
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu1
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu2
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm1
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm3
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm4
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm5
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm6
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm7
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm8
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm9
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm10
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm11
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm12
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm13
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm14
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm15
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm16
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm17
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm18
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm19
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm20
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm21
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm22
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm23
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm24
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm25
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm26
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm27
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm28
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm29
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm30
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm31
    2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3.1+esm32

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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