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Echo: vim: security update to 2:9.2.0218-1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 455548

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. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow
 and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated
 fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a swap file. Version 9.2.0077 fixes the issue.
 (CVE-2026-28421)

Solution

Update the vim library and its related packages to version 2:9.2.0218-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-28421

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 455548

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.95

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28421

IAVA: 2026-A-0195-S