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Echo: vim: security update to 2:9.0.2116-1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 461454

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. When closing a window, vim may try to access already freed
 window structure. Exploitation beyond crashing the application has not been shown to be viable. This issue
 has been addressed in commit `25aabc2b` which has been included in release version 9.0.2106. Users are
 advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-48231)

Solution

Update the vim library and its related packages to version 2:9.0.2116-1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2023-48231

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 461454

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-48231

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-48231

IAVA: 2023-A-0650-S