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

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 462544

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 version 9.1.2132, a heap buffer overflow
 vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file resolution logic when processing the 'helpfile' option. The
 vulnerability is located in the get_tagfname() function in src/tag.c. When processing help file tags, Vim
 copies the user-controlled 'helpfile' option value into a fixed-size heap buffer of MAXPATHL + 1 bytes
 (typically 4097 bytes) using an unsafe STRCPY() operation without any bounds checking. This issue has been
 patched in version 9.1.2132. (CVE-2026-25749)

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-2026-25749

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462544

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.46

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25749

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25749

IAVA: 2026-A-0138-S