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AlmaLinux 8 : vim (ALSA-2026:6915)

high Nessus Plugin ID 305871

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:6915 advisory.

 * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)
 * vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)
 * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-6915.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6915

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305871

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-6915.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 4/10/2026

Updated: 4/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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:alma:linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-common, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-filesystem, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28417, CVE-2026-28421, CVE-2026-33412

CWE: 120, 78

RHSA: 2026:6915