CVE-2026-73070

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-73070", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-08-10T19:37:41.444Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-11T15:21:49.070Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-11T15:58:28.409Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "Vim: Stack Buffer Overflow in the Vim Socket Server", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-121", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow", "type": "CWE"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV4_0": {"attackVector": "LOCAL", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 6.8, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N", "version": "4.0"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-49m8-wwxj-mr69", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-49m8-wwxj-mr69"}, {"name": "https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5598618b2daf8e36b3bf0251caaefcf0bf8e85e4", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5598618b2daf8e36b3bf0251caaefcf0bf8e85e4"}, {"name": "https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0842", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0842"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "vim", "product": "vim", "versions": [{"version": "< 9.2.0842", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-11T15:21:49.070Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0842, the socket server backend in src/socketserver.c accepts unbounded client connections in socketserver_accept(), causing descriptors to overflow fd_set structures in src/channel.c and fixed-size struct pollfd arrays in src/os_unix.c, which allows a local process that can connect to the server socket to corrupt stack memory or terminate the Vim server. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0842."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-49m8-wwxj-mr69", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}, "adp": [{"metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:56:19.530887Z", "id": "CVE-2026-73070", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "version": "2.0.3"}}}], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-11T15:58:28.409Z"}}]}}

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "containers": {"adp": [{"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "metrics": [{"other": {"type": "ssvc", "content": {"id": "CVE-2026-73070", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"Exploitation": "none"}, {"Automatable": "no"}, {"Technical Impact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:56:19.530887Z"}}}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-11T15:56:24.400Z"}}], "cna": {"title": "Vim: Stack Buffer Overflow in the Vim Socket Server", "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-49m8-wwxj-mr69", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}, "metrics": [{"cvssV4_0": {"version": "4.0", "baseScore": 6.8, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE"}}], "affected": [{"vendor": "vim", "product": "vim", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "< 9.2.0842"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-49m8-wwxj-mr69", "name": "https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-49m8-wwxj-mr69", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]}, {"url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5598618b2daf8e36b3bf0251caaefcf0bf8e85e4", "name": "https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5598618b2daf8e36b3bf0251caaefcf0bf8e85e4", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"]}, {"url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0842", "name": "https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0842", "tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0842, the socket server backend in src/socketserver.c accepts unbounded client connections in socketserver_accept(), causing descriptors to overflow fd_set structures in src/channel.c and fixed-size struct pollfd arrays in src/os_unix.c, which allows a local process that can connect to the server socket to corrupt stack memory or terminate the Vim server. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0842."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-121", "description": "CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-11T15:21:49.070Z"}}}, "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-73070", "state": "PUBLISHED", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-11T15:58:28.409Z", "dateReserved": "2026-08-10T19:37:41.444Z", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "datePublished": "2026-08-11T15:21:49.070Z", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M"}, "dataVersion": "5.2"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "vim", "vendor": "vim", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "< 9.2.0842"}]}], "source": "security-advisories@github.com"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "5B6AF93E-C428-415A-B312-8E113E93B9A5", "versionEndExcluding": "9.2.0842", "versionStartIncluding": "9.2.0512", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0842, the socket server backend in src/socketserver.c accepts unbounded client connections in socketserver_accept(), causing descriptors to overflow fd_set structures in src/channel.c and fixed-size struct pollfd arrays in src/os_unix.c, which allows a local process that can connect to the server socket to corrupt stack memory or terminate the Vim server. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0842."}], "id": "CVE-2026-73070", "lastModified": "2026-10-29T15:55:13.483", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "cvssMetricV40": [{"cvssData": {"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED", "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED", "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackRequirements": "NONE", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED", "baseScore": 6.8, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED", "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED", "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED", "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE", "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED", "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X", "version": "4.0", "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "HIGH", "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "NONE", "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE", "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED"}, "source": "security-advisories@github.com", "type": "Secondary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2026-73070", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:56:19.530887Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2026-08-11T16:17:38.257", "references": [{"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5598618b2daf8e36b3bf0251caaefcf0bf8e85e4"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "tags": ["Product", "Release Notes"], "url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0842"}, {"source": "security-advisories@github.com", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-49m8-wwxj-mr69"}], "sourceIdentifier": "security-advisories@github.com", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-121"}], "source": "security-advisories@github.com", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "vim: Vim: Stack Buffer Overflow via unbounded socket connections", "id": "2514032", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514032"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-120", "details": ["Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0842, the socket server backend in src/socketserver.c accepts unbounded client connections in socketserver_accept(), causing descriptors to overflow fd_set structures in src/channel.c and fixed-size struct pollfd arrays in src/os_unix.c, which allows a local process that can connect to the server socket to corrupt stack memory or terminate the Vim server. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0842.", "A flaw was found in Vim. The socket server backend accepts an unbounded number of client connections, causing file descriptors to overflow internal data structures. A local process able to connect to the server socket can exploit this to corrupt stack memory or terminate the Vim server. This can lead to a denial of service (DoS) for the Vim server."], "name": "CVE-2026-73070", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "vim", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "vim", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "vim", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "vim", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "vim", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "vim", "product_name": "Red Hat Hardened Images"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Under investigation", "package_name": "rhcos", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-08-11T15:21:49Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-73070\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73070\nhttps://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5598618b2daf8e36b3bf0251caaefcf0bf8e85e4\nhttps://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0842\nhttps://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-49m8-wwxj-mr69"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

{"affected": [{"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "semver", "value": "[0,9.2.0842)"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 100.0, "confidence_source": "matching", "scores": [{"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "vim", "source": "cna", "vendor": "vim"}, "product": "vim", "vendor": "vim"}], "created": "2026-08-11T23:00:07.878598+00:00", "updated": "2026-08-14T14:30:17.416597+00:00", "vendors": ["vim", "vim$PRODUCT$vim"]}