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High ELSA-2026-38510 4 CVEs

Important: vim security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jul 13, 2026 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[8.0.1763-27.0.1]
- Remove upstream references [Orabug: 31197557]
- Added glibc-gconv-extra to common requires to provide ISO-8859-2 [Orabug: 34114984]

[2:8.0.1763-27]
- RHEL-186656 CVE-2026-47162 vim: netrw code injection via NetrwBookHistSave
- RHEL-186648 CVE-2026-52858 vim: possible code execution with python3complete

[2:8.0.1763-26]
- CVE-2026-47167 vim: Code Injection in cucumber filetype plugin

[2:8.0.1763-25]
- RHEL-178234 CVE-2026-46483 vim: command injection in tar plugin via
shellescape

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-common 2:8.0.1763-27.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-enhanced 2:8.0.1763-27.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-filesystem 2:8.0.1763-27.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-minimal 2:8.0.1763-27.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 vim-X11 2:8.0.1763-27.0.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 7.3
    CVE-2026-47162

    Vim: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwBookHistSave() via crafted directory name

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0495, a Vimscript code injection vulnerability exists in s:NetrwBookHistSave() in the netrw plugin (runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim) when serializing browsed directory paths …

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  • High 7.3
    CVE-2026-52858

    Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via Python Omni-Completion

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0561, the Python omni-completion script in python3complete.vim for Vim with the +python3 interpreter enabled (and the legacy pythoncomplete.vim for builds with the +python interpreter) exec…

    vim vim vim vim Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine
  • Medium 5.1
    CVE-2026-47167

    Vim: Vimscript Code Injection in cucumber filetype plugin via crafted step-definition regex

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0496, a code injection vulnerability exists in s:stepmatch() in the cucumber filetype plugin (runtime/ftplugin/cucumber.vim) on Vim builds with +ruby support. Step-definition patterns read …

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  • Low 3.6
    CVE-2026-46483

    Vim: Command injection in tar#Vimuntar via missing shellescape {special} flag

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0479, a command injection vulnerability exists in tar#Vimuntar() in runtime/autoload/tar.vim when decompressing .tgz archives on Unix-like systems. The function builds :!gunzip and :!gzip -d comman…

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