Published Aug 11, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026
3.3LOWCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-73071 and is rated Low severity with a CVSS score of 3.3. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
What to do next
Remediation and response
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Vendor revision: Aug 23, 2026
CBL-Mariner Releases
Vendor-listed releases
9.2.0957-1
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-73071?
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.2.0511 until 9.2.0844, json_decode_item() in src/json.c can retain a stale pointer after json_decode_string() invokes channel_fill() to refill and free the current buffer, causing the error path to read freed memory instead of reader->js_buf + reader->js_used when an invalid JSON string spans buffers.