Fedora 42 : vim (2026-1885157e34)

high Nessus Plugin ID 302988

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-1885157e34 advisory.

patchlevel 148

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Security fixes for CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28418, CVE-2026-28419, CVE-2026-28420, CVE-2026-28421, CVE-2026-28422

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Security fix for CVE-2026-32249

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected 2:vim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 302988

File Name: fedora_2026-1885157e34.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/19/2026

Updated: 3/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:vim, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28418, CVE-2026-28419, CVE-2026-28420, CVE-2026-28421, CVE-2026-28422, CVE-2026-32249

FEDORA: 2026-1885157e34

IAVA: 2026-A-0195

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