RLSA-2026:6915

Security

Mirrored from RHSA-2026:6915

Issued at: 2026-04-09

Updated at: 2026-04-10

Synopsis

Important: vim security update

Description

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

Security Fix(es):

* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via OS command injection in the netrw plugin (CVE-2026-28417)

* vim: Vim: Denial of service and information disclosure via crafted swap file (CVE-2026-28421)

* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via command injection in glob() function (CVE-2026-33412)

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.

Affected products

Rocky Linux 8 aarch64

Rocky Linux 8 x86_64

Fixes

2443455

2443474

2450907

CVEs

CVE-2026-28417

CVE-2026-28421

CVE-2026-33412

Affected packages

Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - BaseOS

vim-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.src.rpm

vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

vim-debugsource-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

vim-minimal-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

vim-minimal-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - BaseOS

vim-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.src.rpm

vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

vim-debugsource-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

vim-minimal-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

vim-minimal-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - AppStream

vim-common-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

vim-enhanced-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

vim-filesystem-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.noarch.rpm

vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - AppStream

vim-common-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

vim-enhanced-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

vim-filesystem-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.noarch.rpm

vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm

vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-22.el8_10.1.x86_64.rpm