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CentOS 9 : vim-8.2.2637-41.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 348806

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-8.2.2637-41.el9 build changelog.

 - out-of-bounds read in update_snapshot() (CVE-2026-52859)

 - buffer overflow in terminal emulator (CVE-2026-28420)

 - stack out-of-bounds write in dump_prefixes() (CVE-2026-55892)

 - stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sal() (CVE-2026-59857)

 - heap buffer overflow in set_sofo() (CVE-2026-73072)

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=129883

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 348806

File Name: centos9_vim-8_2_2637-41_129883.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2026

Updated: 9/22/2026

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:/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/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2026

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