Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package vim-filesystem (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published28 Feb 2026
- disclosed27 Feb 2026
Introduced: 27 Feb 2026
CVE-2026-28420 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vim-filesystem package and not the vim-filesystem package as distributed by Centos.
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0076, a heap-based buffer overflow WRITE and an out-of-bounds READ exist in Vim's terminal emulator when processing maximum combining characters from Unicode supplementary planes. Version 9.2.0076 fixes the issue.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443484
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28420
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66336
- https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/bb6de2105b160e729c34063
- https://github.com/vim/vim/releases/tag/v9.2.0076
- https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-rvj2-jrf9-2phg
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/27/9