Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt~04! or VimCrypt~05!
method (xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature) whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflows and a subsequent decryption call reads far past the end of the input buffer, crashing Vim. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0671.
Published: 2026-06-25
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8500-1 Vim vulnerabilities
History

Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat hummingbird
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Vim
Vim vim
Vendors & Products Vim
Vim vim

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0671, when Vim opens a file encrypted with the VimCrypt~04! or VimCrypt~05! method (xchacha20poly1305, requires the +sodium feature) whose body is shorter than a single libsodium secretstream header, an unsigned length calculation underflows and a subsequent decryption call reads far past the end of the input buffer, crashing Vim. This vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0671.
Title Vim: Out-of-bounds Read with libsodium-encrypted Files
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-191
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-25T15:47:18.346Z

Reserved: 2026-06-24T13:21:20.730Z

Link: CVE-2026-57452

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T15:47:15.617Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-06-25T15:27:50Z

Links: CVE-2026-57452 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-25T22:15:04Z

Weaknesses