CVE-2026-57452

Name	CVE-2026-57452
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
vim (PTS)	bullseye	2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u3	vulnerable
	bookworm	2:9.0.1378-2+deb12u2	vulnerable
	trixie	2:9.1.1230-2	vulnerable
	forky, sid	2:9.2.0524-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vim	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-c4j9-wr9j-4486
Fixed by: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c8777cec25dcfae89c42e9aff51af61f71c5745f (v9.2.0671)