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SUSE SLES16 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2026:21859-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 318205

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:21859-1 advisory.

 This update for vim fixes the following issues

 - CVE-2026-39881: command injection in NetBeans interface can lead to arbitrary file reads and writes (bsc#1261833).
 - CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim (bsc#1264706).
 - CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile() via crafted filename (bsc#1265349).
 - CVE-2026-44656: Prior to version 9.2.0435, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's: find command-line completion (bsc#1264707).
 - CVE-2026-45130: Prior to version 9.2.0450, a heap buffer overflow exists in read_compound() in src/spellfile.c when loading a crafted spell file (.spl) with UTF-8 encoding active (bsc#1264708).
 - CVE-2026-46483: command injection via ` tar#Vimuntar()` in `runtime/autoload/tar.vim` when decompressing `.tgz` archives on Unix-like systems (bsc#1265360).

 Changes for vim:

 - Update to v9.2.0530.
 - Fix for incorrectly detecting scientific parameter files as bitbake recipies. (bsc#1262395)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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://bugzilla.suse.com/1261833

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-39881

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262395

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264706

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264707

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264708

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265349

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265360

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42307

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43961

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44656

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45130

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46483

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-June/046915.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 318205

File Name: suse_SU-2026-21859-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/2/2026

Updated: 6/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Threat Score: 1.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44656

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xxd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gvim, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-data-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:vim-small

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39881, CVE-2026-42307, CVE-2026-43961, CVE-2026-44656, CVE-2026-45130, CVE-2026-46483

IAVA: 2026-A-0325-S, 2026-A-0439-S, 2026-A-0516

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:21859-1