CVE-2026-55693
An attacker can exploit a vulnerability in vim to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability in vim allows an attacker to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of vim are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency as it can lead to service disruption.
- Action
- Users should update to the latest version of vim to address this issue.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] vim: Vulnerability allows denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-03
- highCVE-2026-55693: Vim: Out-of-bounds Write in Spell File Word Countmsrc · 2026-06-09
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