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Medium ALSA-2026:5602 1 CVE

Moderate: vim security update

Published Mar 24, 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: Arbitrary code execution via 'helpfile' option processing (CVE-2026-25749)

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 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.1
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-enhanced 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.1
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-filesystem 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.1
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-minimal 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.1
AlmaLinux · 9 vim-X11 2:8.2.2637-23.el9_7.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.6
    CVE-2026-25749

    Heap Overflow in Vim

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.2132, a heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Vim's tag file resolution logic when processing the 'helpfile' option. The vulnerability is located in the get_tagfname() function in sr…

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25749
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2437843
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-5602.html