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High ELSA-2026-8259 3 CVEs

Important: vim security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Apr 15, 2026 · Updated Apr 15, 2026

Summary

[8.2.2637-23.0.1.el9_7.2]
- Remove upstream references [Orabug: 31197557]

[2:8.2.2637-23.2]
- RHEL-155437 CVE-2026-28417 vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin
- RHEL-155422 CVE-2026-28421 vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file
- RHEL-159629 CVE-2026-33412 vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function

[2:8.2.2637-23.1]
- RHEL-147940 CVE-2026-25749 vim: Heap Overflow in Vim

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 vim-common 2:8.2.2637-23.0.1.el9_7.2
Oracle Linux · 9 vim-enhanced 2:8.2.2637-23.0.1.el9_7.2
Oracle Linux · 9 vim-filesystem 2:8.2.2637-23.0.1.el9_7.2
Oracle Linux · 9 vim-minimal 2:8.2.2637-23.0.1.el9_7.2
Oracle Linux · 9 vim-X11 2:8.2.2637-23.0.1.el9_7.2

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Medium 5.6

    Vim affected by Command injection via newline in glob()

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0202, a command injection vulnerability exists in Vim's glob() function on Unix-like systems. By including a newline character (\n) in a pattern passed to glob(), an attacker may be able to…

  • Medium 5.3

    Vim has a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Versions prior to 9.2.0077 have a heap-buffer-overflow and a segmentation fault (SEGV) exist in Vim's swap file recovery logic. Both are caused by unvalidated fields read from crafted pointer blocks within a sw…

  • Medium 4.4

    Vim has OS Command Injection in netrw

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.2.0073, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the `netrw` standard plugin bundled with Vim. By inducing a user to open a crafted URL (e.g., using the `scp://` protocol handler), an …