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Medium RLSA-2026:4442 1 CVE

Moderate: vim security update

Published Mar 13, 2026 · Updated Mar 23, 2026

Ecosystem: Rocky Linux

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 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 vim 2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10

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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437843