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Release vim-X11-8.0.1763-32.el8_10 ALSA-2026:77359

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
vim
Domain
security

Research direction

The issue identifies CVE-2026-73073 and the affected Vim 8.0.1763 packages across several architectures, but names no repository files or tests. Start by reading the project's update-contribution guidance and checking how existing AlmaLinux security updates are represented. Done should mean the listed packages receive the security fix and the update is documented and validated for the affected architectures.

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Description

vim security update
Severity: Important
Description
Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion (CVE-2026-73073)

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.

Affected packages:
vim-X11-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64
vim-common-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64
vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64
vim-filesystem-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.noarch
vim-minimal-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64
vim-X11-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x
vim-common-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x
vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x
vim-filesystem-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.noarch
vim-minimal-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x
vim-X11-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le
vim-common-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le
vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le
vim-filesystem-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.noarch
vim-minimal-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le
vim-X11-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64
vim-common-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64
vim-enhanced-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64
vim-filesystem-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.noarch
vim-minimal-8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64

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