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Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2026-28553)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 322501

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-28553 advisory.

 [8.0.1763-24.0.1]
 - Remove upstream references [Orabug: 31197557]
 - Added glibc-gconv-extra to common requires to provide ISO-8859-2 [Orabug: 34114984]

 [2:8.0.1763-24]
 - CVE-2026-41411 vim: Command injection via backticks in tag files

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

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-28553.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 322501

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-28553.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/24/2026

Updated: 6/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41411

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-minimal, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-x11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41411