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Medium ALSA-2026:28210 1 CVE

Moderate: vim security update

Published Jun 23, 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: Vim: Command injection allows arbitrary code execution via malicious tag files (CVE-2026-41411)

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 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 vim-common 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4
AlmaLinux · 10 vim-data 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4
AlmaLinux · 10 vim-enhanced 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4
AlmaLinux · 10 vim-filesystem 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4
AlmaLinux · 10 vim-minimal 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4
AlmaLinux · 10 vim-X11 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4
AlmaLinux · 10 xxd 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.6
    CVE-2026-41411

    Vim: Command injection via backtick expansion in tag filenames

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0357, A command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file processing. When resolving a tag, the filename field from the tags file is passed through wildcard expansion to resolve environment …

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41411
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2461614
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-28210.html