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Echo: vim: security update to 2:9.2.0858-1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457116

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. Prior to 9.2.0842, the socket server backend in
 src/socketserver.c accepts unbounded client connections in socketserver_accept(), causing descriptors to
 overflow fd_set structures in src/channel.c and fixed-size struct pollfd arrays in src/os_unix.c, which
 allows a local process that can connect to the server socket to corrupt stack memory or terminate the Vim
 server. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0842. (CVE-2026-73070)

Solution

Update the vim library and its related packages to version 2:9.2.0858-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-73070

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 457116

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-73070

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 4.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-73070

IAVA: 2026-A-0846