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RockyLinux 8 : vim (RLSA-2026:66348)

high Nessus Plugin ID 344769

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:66348 advisory.

 * vim: Vim: Information disclosure and denial of service via crafted Unicode characters in terminal emulator (CVE-2026-28420)

 * vim: Vim: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in terminal handling (CVE-2026-52859)

 * vim: Vim: Denial of Service via crafted spell file (CVE-2026-55892)

 * vim: Vim: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in spell sound-folding (CVE-2026-59857)

 * vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted vimball (CVE-2026-73076)

 * vim: Vim: Heap buffer overflow allows arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-73072)

 * vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Crafted Netrw Menu Entries (CVE-2026-73078)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2443484

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2487989

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492975

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498863

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514034

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514037

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514058

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:66348

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 344769

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-66348.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 9/11/2026

Updated: 9/11/2026

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:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-common, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-enhanced-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-enhanced, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-minimal, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-x11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:vim-x11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2026

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-2026-73078