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CentOS 9 : vim-8.2.2637-25.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299201

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for vim-X11.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the vim-8.2.2637-25.el9 build changelog.

 - Heap Overflow in Vim (CVE-2026-25749)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream vim-X11 package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=96843

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299201

File Name: centos9_vim-8_2_2637-25_96843.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/16/2026

Updated: 2/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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: 5.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-enhanced, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-minimal

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25749