Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability depends on the user's 'shell' setting. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0202.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:6915 advisory.

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)
      * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)
      * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:6915 advisory.

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-6915 advisory.

    - RHEL-159620 CVE-2026-33412 vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function
    - RHEL-155428 CVE-2026-28417 vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw     plugin

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6915 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6729 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6730 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6731 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6736 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6725 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6619 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6617 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6620 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6540 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6539 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:6502 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

    * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

    * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-a218db2573 advisory.

    patchlevel 240


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-a05ac070cd advisory.

    patchlevel 240


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Vim installed on the remote host is prior to 9.2.0202. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the GHSA-w5jw-f54h-x46c advisory.

  - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, Vim's glob() function on     Unix-like systems, specifically the mch_expand_wildcards() function, constructs shell commands for     wildcard expansion but fails to properly escape newline characters. An attacker can inject newlines in     glob patterns to execute arbitrary shell commands, contingent on the user's shell configuration. This     vulnerability is fixed in 9.2.0202. (CVE-2026-33412)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection     vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n)     in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary shell commands. This     vulnerability depends on the user's 'shell' setting. This issue has been patched in version 9.2.0202.
    (CVE-2026-33412)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
305871	AlmaLinux 8 : vim (ALSA-2026:6915)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
305663	RockyLinux 8 : vim (RLSA-2026:6915)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
305603	Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2026-6915)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
305238	RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2026:6915)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
305143	RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2026:6729)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
305139	RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2026:6730)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
305136	RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2026:6731)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
305134	RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2026:6736)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
305117	RHEL 6 : vim (RHSA-2026:6725)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
305063	RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:6619)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
305048	RHEL 7 : vim (RHSA-2026:6617)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
305044	RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:6620)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
304794	RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:6540)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
304793	RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:6539)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
304728	RHEL 10 : vim (RHSA-2026:6502)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
304251	Fedora 44 : vim (2026-a218db2573)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
303910	Fedora 43 : vim (2026-a05ac070cd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
303793	Vim < 9.2.0202 Command Injection (GHSA-w5jw-f54h-x46c)	Nessus	Misc.	high
303177	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-33412	Nessus	Misc.	high

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