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RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2026:4442)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 301940

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for vim.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:4442 advisory.

 Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

 Security Fix(es):

 * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 RHEL vim package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:4442.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437843

http://www.nessus.org/u?95582a50

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4442

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 301940

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-4442.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2026

Updated: 3/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/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

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-enhanced, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-x11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25749

CWE: 120

RHSA: 2026:4442