Google: app-editors/vim, app-editors/vim-core: security update to 18244.382.60

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 451834

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Vim is distributed with the tar.vim plugin, that allows
easy editing and viewing of (compressed or uncompressed) tar files. Starting with 9.1.0858, the tar.vim
plugin uses the ":read" ex command line to append below the cursor position, however the is not sanitized
and is taken literally from the tar archive. This allows to execute shell commands via special crafted tar
archives. Whether this really happens, depends on the shell being used ('shell' option, which is set using
$SHELL). The issue has been fixed as of Vim patch v9.1.1164 (CVE-2025-27423)

Solution

Update the app-editors/vim library and its related packages to version 18244.382.60 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 451834

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27423

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27423

Detections

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