Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0176: vim (ALINUX3-SA-2026:0176)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 324096

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2026:0176 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2026-41411:
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0357, A command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file processing. When resolving a tag, the filename field from the tags file is passed through wildcard expansion to resolve environment variables and wildcards. If the filename field contains backtick syntax (e.g., `command`), Vim executes the embedded command via the system shell with the full privileges of the running user.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 324096

File Name: alinux3_sa_2026-0176.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 8/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.78

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:vim-x11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41411

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