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Oracle Linux 9 : vim (ELSA-2026-38511)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326805

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-38511 advisory.

 - RHEL-186659 CVE-2026-47162 vim: code injection via NetrwBookHistSave()
 - RHEL-186646 CVE-2026-52858 vim: possible code execution with python3complete
 - RHEL-185874 CVE-2026-47167 vim: Code Injection in cucumber filetype plugin
 - RHEL-178243 CVE-2026-46483 vim: command injection in tar plugin
 - CVE-2026-41411 vim: Command injection via backticks in tag files
 - RHEL-170136 CVE-2026-35177 vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-38511.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326805

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-38511.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 7/14/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.97

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47162

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-52858

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-common, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-enhanced, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-x11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-46483, CVE-2026-47162, CVE-2026-47167, CVE-2026-52858