An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of
Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

* vim: Vim: Denial of Service via stack out-of-bounds write in
spell_soundfold_sofo() (CVE-2026-57455)

* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via malicious docstrings in Python
omni-completion (CVE-2026-57456)

* vim: Vim: Out-of-bounds Write in Spell File Word Count (CVE-2026-55693)

* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted PHP file in omni-completion
(CVE-2026-59856)

* vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C
omni-completion (CVE-2026-59858)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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CVE-2026-55693
CVE-2026-57455: Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
CVE-2026-57456: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code
Injection') (CWE-94)
CVE-2026-59856: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code
Injection') (CWE-94)
CVE-2026-59858: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code
Injection') (CWE-94)