The version of vim installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-53906 advisory.

  - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in     Vim's zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives.
    Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation     can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on     the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will     reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user May suspect some strange things going on.
    Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying     operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability. (CVE-2025-53906)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0646 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-53906:
    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in     Vims zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip     archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully     exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations,     depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using     Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things     going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the     underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

    CVE-2025-53905:
    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in     Vims tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar     archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully     exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations,     depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using     Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things     going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the     underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent 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.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1138 advisory.

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in     Vim's tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives.
    Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation     can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on     the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will     reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on.
    Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying     operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability. (CVE-2025-53905)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in     Vim's zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives.
    Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation     can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on     the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will     reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on.
    Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying     operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability. (CVE-2025-53906)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in     Vim's zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives.
    Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation     can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on     the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will     reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on.
    Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying     operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability. (CVE-2025-53906)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:17715 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)

    * vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-17913 advisory.

    - RHEL-113550 CVE-2025-53906 vim: Vim path traversal

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.

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2025:0778 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2025-53905:
    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in     Vims tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar     archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully     exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations,     depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using     Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things     going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the     underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

    CVE-2025-53906:
    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in     Vims zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip     archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully     exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations,     depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using     Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things     going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the     underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent 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.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20945 advisory.

    - RHEL-112005 CVE-2025-53905 vim: Vim path traversial

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.

The version of AHV installed on the remote host is prior to AHV-10.0.1.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AHV-10.0.1.6 advisory.

  - A heap-buffer-overflow (off-by-one) flaw was found in the GnuTLS software in the template parsing logic     within the certtool utility. When it reads certain settings from a template file, it allows an attacker to     cause an out-of-bounds (OOB) NULL pointer write, resulting in memory corruption and a denial-of-service     (DoS) that could potentially crash the system. (CVE-2025-32990)

  - A flaw was found in GnuTLS. A double-free vulnerability exists in GnuTLS due to incorrect ownership     handling in the export logic of Subject Alternative Name (SAN) entries containing an otherName. If the     type-id OID is invalid or malformed, GnuTLS will call asn1_delete_structure() on an ASN.1 node it does not     own, leading to a double-free condition when the parent function or caller later attempts to free the same     structure. This vulnerability can be triggered using only public GnuTLS APIs and may result in denial of     service or memory corruption, depending on allocator behavior. (CVE-2025-32988)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the GnuTLS software in _gnutls_figure_common_ciphersuite().
    (CVE-2025-6395)

  - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in     Vim's tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives.
    Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation     can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on     the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will     reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on.
    Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying     operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability. (CVE-2025-53905)

  - Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in     Vim's zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives.
    Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully exploitation     can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations, depending on     the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using Vim which will     reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things going on.
    Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying     operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability. (CVE-2025-53906)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1095-1 advisory.

    Update Vim to version 9.2.0110:

    - CVE-2025-53906: Fixed that malicious zip archive may cause a path traversal in Vim's zip (bsc#1246602).
    - CVE-2026-26269: Fixed Netbeans specialKeys stack buffer overflow (bsc#1258229).
    - CVE-2026-28417: Fixed crafted URL parsed by netrw plugin can lead to execute arbitrary shell commands     (bsc#1259051).
    - CVE-2026-28418: Fixed that a malformed tags file can cause an heap-based buffer overflow out-of-bounds     read (bsc#1259052)
    - CVE-2026-28419: Fixed processing a malformed tags file containing a delimiter can lead to a crash     (bsc#1259053)
    - CVE-2026-28420: Fixed that processing maximum combining characters in terminal emulator can lead to     heap-based buffer overflow write (bsc#1259054)
    - CVE-2026-28421: Fixed that a crafted swap file can cause a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault
    - CVE-2026-28422: Fixed that a malicious modeline or plugin can trigger a stack-buffer-overflow     (bsc#1259056)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the vim package has been released.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:21015 advisory.

    Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

    Security Fix(es):

    * vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)

    * vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

According to the versions of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in     Vims tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar     archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully     exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations,     depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using     Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things     going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the     underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1552 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53905)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1551, a path traversal issue in     Vims zip.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip     archives. Impact is low because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However, successfully     exploitation can lead to overwriting sensitive files or placing executable code in privileged locations,     depending on the permissions of the process editing the archive. The victim must edit such a file using     Vim which will reveal the filename and the file content, a careful user may suspect some strange things     going on. Successful exploitation could results in the ability to execute arbitrary commands on the     underlying operating system. Version 9.1.1551 contains a patch for the vulnerability.(CVE-2025-53906)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS vim security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:20945 advisory.

    * vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)
      * vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
244805	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: vim (CVE-2025-53906)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	8/7/2025	1/21/2026	medium
253494	TencentOS Server 4: vim (TSSA-2025:0646)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	8/21/2025	12/4/2025	medium
251378	Amazon Linux 2023 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2023-2025-1138)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	8/18/2025	10/30/2025	medium
259514	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-53906	Nessus	Misc.	8/30/2025	11/25/2025	medium
269945	RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2025:17715)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	10/10/2025	10/10/2025	medium
270415	Oracle Linux 10 : vim (ELSA-2025-17913)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	10/15/2025	10/29/2025	medium
270642	TencentOS Server 3: vim (TSSA-2025:0778)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	10/16/2025	12/4/2025	medium
277337	Oracle Linux 9 : vim (ELSA-2025-20945)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	12/3/2025	12/3/2025	medium
303852	Nutanix AHV : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AHV-10.0.1.6)	Nessus	Misc.	3/26/2026	3/26/2026	high
304130	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2026:1095-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/28/2026	4/30/2026	high
297236	Photon OS 4.0: Vim PHSA-2025-4.0-0934	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	1/30/2026	1/30/2026	medium
274825	RHEL 10 : vim (RHSA-2025:21015)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	medium
274850	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2025-2345)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	11/12/2025	11/12/2025	medium
274928	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2025-2376)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	11/12/2025	11/12/2025	medium
275807	AlmaLinux 9 : vim (ALSA-2025:20945)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	11/19/2025	11/19/2025	medium

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