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Medium ALSA-2026:22717 1 CVE

Moderate: vim security update

Published Jun 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass (CVE-2026-35177)

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.

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-common 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-enhanced 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-filesystem 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-minimal 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-X11 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 4.1
    CVE-2026-35177

    Path traversal issue with zip.vim in Vim

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0280, a path traversal bypass in Vim's zip.vim plugin allows overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted zip archives, circumventing the previous fix for CVE-2025-53906. This vuln…

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35177
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2455542
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-22717.html