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Oracle Linux 9 : ELSA-2026-66366-0: / vim (ELSA-2026-663660)

high Nessus Plugin ID 344678

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-663660 advisory.

 - RHEL-253669 CVE-2026-28420 vim: buffer overflow in terminal emulator
 - RHEL-215664 CVE-2026-55892 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in dump_prefixes()
 - RHEL-215684 CVE-2026-59857 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sal()
 - RHEL-215659 CVE-2026-52859 vim: out-of-bounds read in update_snapshot()
 - RHEL-244500 CVE-2026-73077 vim: arbitrary code execution via keyword lookup in zsh.vim ftplugin
 - RHEL-242475 CVE-2026-73072 vim: heap buffer overflow in set_sofo()
 - RHEL-240370 CVE-2026-73078 vim: code injection in netrw via bookmarks
 - RHEL-242114 CVE-2026-73076 vim: code execution via .VimballRecord file
 - RHEL-203985 CVE-2026-59858 vim: arbitrary Ex command execution in C omni-completion

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-2026-66366-0.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 344678

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-663660.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, 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:9, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:8: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/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