RLSA-2026:98119

Security

Mirrored from RHSA-2026:98119

Issued at: 2026-11-12

Updated at: 2026-11-12

Advisory content derived from Red Hat RHSA-2026:98119, © Red Hat, Inc., used under CC BY 4.0, with modifications.

Synopsis

Important: vim security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Description

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

Security Fix(es):

* vim: Vimscript injection via unescaped filename in netrw s:NetrwMarkFile() filter() expression allows arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-43961)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

* vim writes file in place even though creating a backup is possible [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-282852)

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

2460434

CVEs

CVE-2026-43961

Affected packages

Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - BaseOS

vim-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.src.rpm

vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

vim-debugsource-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

vim-minimal-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

vim-minimal-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - BaseOS

vim-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.src.rpm

vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

vim-debugsource-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

vim-minimal-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

vim-minimal-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - AppStream

vim-common-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

vim-enhanced-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

vim-filesystem-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.noarch.rpm

vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.aarch64.rpm

Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - AppStream

vim-common-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

vim-enhanced-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

vim-enhanced-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

vim-filesystem-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.noarch.rpm

vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-34.el8_10.x86_64.rpm