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Oracle Linux 9 : vim (ELSA-2026-75768)

high Nessus Plugin ID 363162

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-75768 advisory.

 - RHEL-257027 CVE-2026-73073 vim: arbitrary Ex command execution during C omni-completion via crafted typeref
 - 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()

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2026-75768.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 363162

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-75768.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2026

Updated: 10/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.23

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-73073

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

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/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-73073