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AlmaLinux 9 : vim (ALSA-2026:47982)

high Nessus Plugin ID 331476

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:47982 advisory.

 * vim: Vim: Denial of Service via stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sofo() (CVE-2026-57455)
 * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via malicious docstrings in Python omni-completion (CVE-2026-57456)
 * vim: Vim: Out-of-bounds Write in Spell File Word Count (CVE-2026-55693)
 * vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted PHP file in omni-completion (CVE-2026-59856)
 * vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion (CVE-2026-59858)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47982

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-47982.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331476

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-47982.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/31/2026

Updated: 7/31/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:vim-x11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55693, CVE-2026-57455, CVE-2026-57456, CVE-2026-59856, CVE-2026-59858

CWE: 787, 94

RHSA: 2026:47982