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CentOS 9 : vim-8.2.2637-40.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 331918

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for vim-X11.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the vim-8.2.2637-40.el9 build changelog.

 - netrw code injection via NetrwBookHistSave() (CVE-2026-47162)

 - possible code execution with python3complete (CVE-2026-52858)

 - out-of-bounds write in tree_count_words() (CVE-2026-55693)

 - Out-of-bounds write with soundfold() (CVE-2026-57455)

 - possible code execution with python complete (CVE-2026-57456)

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 CentOS 9 Stream vim-X11 package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=123307

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331918

File Name: centos9_vim-8_2_2637-40_123307.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/4/2026

Updated: 8/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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: 7.9

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: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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59858

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:vim-x11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-47162, CVE-2026-52858, CVE-2026-55693, CVE-2026-57455, CVE-2026-57456, CVE-2026-59856, CVE-2026-59858