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CentOS 9 : vim-8.2.2637-29.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 316894

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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-8.2.2637-29.el9 build changelog.

 - Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass (CVE-2026-35177)

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=111521

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 316894

File Name: centos9_vim-8_2_2637-29_111521.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2026

Updated: 5/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.64

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35177