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Oracle Linux 10 : ELSA-2026-66336-0: / vim (ELSA-2026-663360)

high Nessus Plugin ID 344598

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-663360 advisory.

 - RHEL-253668 CVE-2026-28420 buffer overflow in terminal emulator
 - RHEL-215660 CVE-2026-55892 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in dump_prefixes()
 - RHEL-215683 CVE-2026-59857 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sal()
 - RHEL-215658 CVE-2026-52859 vim: out-of-bounds read in update_snapshot()
 - RHEL-242467 CVE-2026-73072 vim: heap buffer overflow in set_sofo()
 - RHEL-241032 CVE-2026-73077 vim: arbitrary code execution via keyword lookup
 - RHEL-240373 CVE-2026-73078 vim: code injection in netrw via bookmarks
 - Resolves: RHEL-242103 CVE-2026-73076 vim: code execution via .VimballRecord file

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-2026-66336-0.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 344598

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-663360.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/10/2026

Updated: 9/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.37

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-52859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-73078

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:10:2:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:vim-data, 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, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xxd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28420, CVE-2026-52859, CVE-2026-55892, CVE-2026-59857, CVE-2026-73072, CVE-2026-73076, CVE-2026-73077, CVE-2026-73078