The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8246-1 advisory.

    Micha Majchrowicz discovered that Vims zip plugin could overwrite arbitrary files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to delete sensitive data or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-35177)

    It was discovered that Vims netbeans interface did not properly sanitize certain strings. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2026-39881)

    It was discovered that Vim did not properly handle backticks in tag filenames. An attacker could possibly     use this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2026-41411)

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

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

Detections

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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 / 26.04 LTS : Vim vulnerabilities (USN-8246-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 314213

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 May 29, 2026, 11:45 PM Plugin metadata (Add IAVM Info) Plugin Feed: 202605292345
Version 1.1 May 12, 2026, 2:22 AM New Plugin Feed: 202605120222