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Oracle Linux 8 : vim (ELSA-2026-77359)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364135

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-77359 advisory.

 - RHEL-257017 CVE-2026-73073 arbitrary Ex command execution during C omni-completion
 - RHEL-253666 CVE-2026-28420 buffer overflow in terminal emulator
 - RHEL-215662 CVE-2026-55892 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in dump_prefixes()
 - RHEL-215681 CVE-2026-59857 vim: stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sal()
 - RHEL-215657 CVE-2026-52859 vim: out-of-bounds read in terminal cell.chars[] loop
 - CVE-2026-73072 vim: heap buffer overflow in set_sofo()
 - CVE-2026-73078 vim: code injection in netrw via bookmarks

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-2026-77359.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364135

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2026-77359.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10: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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-73073