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Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2026-48703)

high Nessus Plugin ID 331363

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-48703 advisory.

 - RHEL-203873 CVE-2026-59858 vim: arbitrary Ex command execution in C omni-completion
 - RHEL-194055 CVE-2026-55693 vim: out-of-bounds write in tree_count_words()
 - RHEL-191365 CVE-2026-57455 vim: Out-of-bounds write with soundfold()

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-2026-48703.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331363

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-48703.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2026

Updated: 7/31/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-minimal, 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: 7/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55693, CVE-2026-57455, CVE-2026-57456, CVE-2026-59858