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openSUSE 16 Security Update : vim (openSUSE-SU-2026:21374-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 328920

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21374-1 advisory.

 Update to version 9.2.0780.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2026-59856: arbitrary code execution via PHP omni-completion due to improper escaping (bsc#1271194).
 - CVE-2026-59857: out-of-bounds write in SAL soundfolding due to improper bounds check (bsc#1271195).
 - CVE-2026-59858: arbitrary code execution via C omni-completion due to improper escaping (bsc#1271193).

 Other updates and bugfixes:

 - Version 9.2.0780 changelog:
 * filetype detect missing from completion (9.2.0726).
 * popup images not rendered correctly when unfocused (9.2.0727).
 * filetype: supertux info pattern is relative to current dir (9.2.0728).
 * % skips parens on continued quoted lines (9.2.0729).
 * GTK4 GUI tabline is not updated (9.2.0730).
 * GTK4 GUI scrollbar size not updated when restoring a session (9.2.0731).
 * session: terminal restored using absolute columns/rows (9.2.0732).
 * GTK3: GUI slow on X11 since dropping the alpha channel (9.2.0733).
 * function pointer passed to STRNCMP() instead of a length (9.2.0734).
 * tests: comment test can be improved (9.2.0737).
 * completion: 'autocompletedelay' blocks the main loop and drops autocommands (9.2.0739).
 * GTK4: scrollbar wrongly displayed (9.2.0740).
 * complete_check() does not return TRUE for mapped input (9.2.0741).
 * filetype: SSH keys and related filetypes not recognized (9.2.0742).
 * string macros silently accept a size of the wrong type (9.2.0743).
 * popup_atcursor() closes immediately on white space (9.2.0744).
 * cscope: connection leak when growing the array fails (9.2.0747).
 * 'autocompletedelay' interferes with CTRL-G U (9.2.0748).
 * 'autocompletedelay' interferes with i_CTRL-K (9.2.0749).
 * completion: 'autocompletedelay' deferral leaks state (9.2.0750).
 * GTK3 GUI is slow under Wayland (9.2.0751).
 * GTK4: drag-and-drop does not support HTML (9.2.0752).
 * GTK GUI deferred redraw skipped on 'lazyredraw' (9.2.0753).
 * repeated completion length lookup in search_for_exact_line (9.2.0754).
 * 'autocomplete' behaves inconsistently when recording (9.2.0755).
 * session with multiple tabpages sets 'winminheight' to 0 (9.2.0756).
 * tests: test_popupwin fails with zsh because of the prompt (9.2.0757).
 * pum: no opacity when background not set for Popup menu group (9.2.0758).
 * some code for 'autocompletedelay' is no longer needed (9.2.0759).
 * compiler warning for using potentially uninitialized var (9.2.0760).
 * runtime(netrw): Unix: unable to open '\' file (9.2.0761).
 * duplicated sub-option name check in :set completion (9.2.0762).
 * tests: style issue in test_plugin_netrw (9.2.0763).
 * compiler warning about unused function (9.2.0764).
 * popup: opacity popup over a terminal is not cleared when moved (9.2.0765).
 * quick_tab entries for empty letters point to the wrong index (9.2.0766).
 * legacy/vim9cmd modifiers do not set script version for options values (9.2.0767).
 * legacy/vim9cmd modifiers are not exclusive (9.2.0768).
 * conversion to utf-16be using iconv is inconsistent (9.2.0769).
 * dict_add_dict() has inconsistent ownership on failure (9.2.0770).
 * dict_add_list() has inconsistent ownership on failure (9.2.0771).
 * Vim9: null dereference inside alloc_type() (9.2.0772).
 * memory leak in evalfunc.c on alloc failure (9.2.0773).
 * memory leak in f_getscriptinfo() on alloc failure (9.2.0774).
 * memory leak in highlight_get_info() on alloc failure (9.2.0775).
 * memory leak in sign_getlist() on alloc failure (9.2.0776).
 * memory leak in add_defer() on alloc failure (9.2.0777).
 * memory leak in compile_dict() on alloc failure (9.2.0778).
 * memory leak in type_name_func() on alloc failure (9.2.0779).
 * memory leak in evalvars.c on alloc failure (9.2.0780).

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/1271193

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271194

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271195

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59856

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59857

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59858

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 328920

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21374-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2026

Updated: 7/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.12

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-2026-59858

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: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gvim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vim-data-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vim-data, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vim-small, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xxd

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: 7/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59856, CVE-2026-59857, CVE-2026-59858