Issued:
2026-08-17
Updated:
2026-08-17

RHSA-2026:55431 - Important: vim security update

Synopsis

Important: vim security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary Code Execution via crafted directory names (CVE-2026-47162)

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via Python omni-completion (CVE-2026-52858)

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted step-definition patterns (CVE-2026-47167)

  • vim: Vim: Denial of Service via stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sofo() (CVE-2026-57455)

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via malicious docstrings in Python omni-completion (CVE-2026-57456)

  • vim: Vim: Out-of-bounds Write in Spell File Word Count (CVE-2026-55693)

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted PHP file in omni-completion (CVE-2026-59856)

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion (CVE-2026-59858)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support10.0x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates10.0x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support10.0ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support10.0ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support10.0s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates10.0s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support10.0aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates10.0aarch64

Updated Packages

  • xxd-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • xxd-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-common-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • xxd-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-data-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.noarch.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-X11-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-common-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-common-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-minimal-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-debugsource-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • xxd-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-minimal-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-debugsource-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • xxd-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • xxd-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-X11-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-common-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • xxd-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-X11-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-minimal-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.ppc64le.rpm
  • vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • xxd-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-debugsource-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-minimal-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm
  • vim-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.src.rpm
  • vim-X11-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-filesystem-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.noarch.rpm
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.x86_64.rpm
  • vim-debuginfo-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.s390x.rpm
  • vim-debugsource-9.1.083-5.el10_0.4.aarch64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information