RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:28050)

high Nessus Plugin ID 321984

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for vim.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:28050 advisory.

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

* vim: arbitrary command execution via modeline sandbox bypass (CVE-2026-34982)

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

* vim: Vim: Command injection allows arbitrary code execution via malicious tag files (CVE-2026-41411)

* vim: command injection when decompressing .tgz archives (CVE-2026-46483)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL vim package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:28050.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 321984

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-28050.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/22/2026

Updated: 6/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-x11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vim-common

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34982, CVE-2026-35177, CVE-2026-41411, CVE-2026-46483

CWE: 22, 78

RHSA: 2026:28050

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