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Vim CVE-2026-57452

| EUVDEUVD-2026-39448 MEDIUM
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-06-25 GitHub_M
Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Red Hat Vim Suse
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI
5.5 MEDIUM

Local file open triggers crash with no privilege requirement; UI:R captures mandatory user interaction; no confidentiality or integrity impact confirmed.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
4.7 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).

CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Jun 25, 2026 - 17:02 EUVD
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Jun 25, 2026 - 16:24 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Jun 25, 2026 - 16:24 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

Vim crashes with an out-of-bounds read when opening a maliciously crafted file encrypted with the xchacha20poly1305 cipher (VimCrypt~04! or VimCrypt~05!) whose body is shorter than a libsodium secretstream header. An unsigned integer underflow in the length calculation inside crypt_sodium_buffer_decode() causes the subsequent crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_pull() call to read far past the end of the input buffer, resulting in a denial-of-service crash. No public exploit code and no CISA KEV listing have been identified at time of analysis; however, the fix commit includes a concrete reproducer test case confirming the crash path.

Technical ContextAI

Vim's optional +sodium build feature exposes libsodium's secretstream API (xchacha20poly1305) for file encryption via the VimCrypt~04! and VimCrypt~05! methods. When pulling a secretstream, libsodium expects at minimum crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_HEADERBYTES of input before attempting decryption state initialization. The vulnerable code in src/crypt.c at crypt_sodium_buffer_decode() computed the body length as an unsigned integer without first verifying it met the minimum header size, so a file with a very short body caused the subtraction to wrap around to a very large value - a classic CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) triggered by an integer underflow. The commit diff confirms the fix is a single guard clause added before the init_pull call: 'if (len < crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_HEADERBYTES || ...' ensuring the buffer length is validated before any decryption operation proceeds. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:vim:vim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* for all versions prior to 9.2.0671.

RemediationAI

Upgrade Vim to version 9.2.0671 or later; the patch is confirmed released via GitHub at https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0671 and the fix commit is https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c8777cec25dcfae89c42e9aff51af61f71c5745f. Distribution packagers (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Homebrew) should be checked for their own update timelines, as distribution-packaged versions may lag behind upstream. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, a compensating control is to disable use of xchacha20poly1305 encryption (VimCrypt~04! and ~05!) in organizational Vim configurations via 'set cryptmethod=blowfish2' or an earlier method - this trades the sodium cipher's modern security guarantees for removal of the vulnerable code path. Alternatively, restrict opening of Vim-encrypted files from untrusted sources via policy. If your Vim build does not include +sodium (verify with ':version' and checking for '+sodium' vs '-sodium'), you are not vulnerable and no action is needed.

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