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Amazon Linux 2023 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2023-2026-2108)

🗓️ 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Vim 9.2 multiple CVEs: fd_set overflow, use-after-free, heap overflow, command injection.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2026-2108.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(341874);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/08/31");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2026-73070",
    "CVE-2026-73071",
    "CVE-2026-73072",
    "CVE-2026-73073",
    "CVE-2026-73074",
    "CVE-2026-73075",
    "CVE-2026-73076",
    "CVE-2026-73077",
    "CVE-2026-73078"
  );

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2023 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2023-2026-2108)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-2108 advisory.

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0842, the socket server backend in
    src/socketserver.c accepts unbounded client connections in socketserver_accept(), causing descriptors to
    overflow fd_set structures in src/channel.c and fixed-size struct pollfd arrays in src/os_unix.c, which
    allows a local process that can connect to the server socket to corrupt stack memory or terminate the Vim
    server. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0842. (CVE-2026-73070)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.2.0511 until 9.2.0844, json_decode_item() in
    src/json.c can retain a stale pointer after json_decode_string() invokes channel_fill() to refill and free
    the current buffer, causing the error path to read freed memory instead of reader->js_buf +
    reader->js_used when an invalid JSON string spans buffers. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0844.
    (CVE-2026-73071)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0846, set_sofo() in src/spellfile.c reuses
    sl_sal_first[] without resetting values left by set_sal_first(), so a crafted spell file containing an
    SN_SAL section before an SN_SOFO section causes under-counted mapping lists and attacker-influenced writes
    beyond a heap allocation. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0846. (CVE-2026-73072)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0845, StructMembers() in
    runtime/autoload/ccomplete.vim constructs and executes a vimgrep command using an insufficiently escaped
    typeref: or typename: value from a tags file, allowing an unterminated collection followed by a command
    separator to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands when a user invokes C omni-completion with
    CTRL-X CTRL-O on a member access whose type is resolved from that tags file. This issue is fixed in
    version 9.2.0845. (CVE-2026-73073)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0841, prop_add_one() in src/textprop.c uses
    the proplen value from get_text_props() to increment a uint16_t property count beyond 0xffff, wrapping the
    count to zero and copying existing text-property records into a heap allocation sized for none of them.
    This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0841. (CVE-2026-73074)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. From 9.2.0469 until 9.2.0843, popup_mark_opacity_zindex()
    in src/popupwin.c can use a negative w_winrow for a text-property-anchored popup with clipwindow and
    opacity, indexing before the screen array instead of accounting for w_popup_topoff and causing an out-of-
    bounds read and conditional write. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0843. (CVE-2026-73075)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0847, runtime/autoload/vimball.vim allows a
    crafted vimball member named .VimballRecord to overwrite the installation record with attacker-chosen
    commands. When vimball#RmVimball() later processes the matching record entry, the stored Ex commands,
    including operating-system commands invoked through :!, execute with the privileges of the user running
    Vim. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0847. (CVE-2026-73076)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0839, the runtime/ftplugin/sh.vim,
    runtime/ftplugin/zsh.vim, and runtime/ftplugin/ps1.vim filetype plugins pass attacker-controlled Visual-
    mode selections from K through keywordprg commands without safely separating shell arguments.
    fnameescape() and PATH_ESC_CHARS do not neutralize shell metacharacters before ShKeywordPrg,
    ZshKeywordPrg, or GetHelp invokes bash, zsh, or PowerShell, allowing arbitrary operating-system commands
    to execute with the privileges of the user running Vim. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0839.
    (CVE-2026-73077)

    Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0840, runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim loads
    netrw and runtime/pack/dist/opt/netrw/autoload/netrw.vim constructs Bookmarks, History, and Targets menu
    entries by interpolating attacker-controlled directory paths into executed :menu commands.
    s:NetrwBookmarkMenu(), s:NetrwTgtMenu(), g:netrw_menu_escape, EX_TRLBAR, and netrw#MakeTgt() fail to
    neutralize the | command separator or single quotes at five construction sites, allowing a crafted path
    browsed or bookmarked in GUI Vim to execute arbitrary Ex and operating-system commands. This issue is
    fixed in version 9.2.0840. (CVE-2026-73078)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2026-2108.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73070.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73071.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73072.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73073.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73074.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73075.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73076.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73077.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-73078.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update vim --releasever 2023.12.20260831' or
  or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-2108 --releasever 2023.12.20260831' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:P");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-73078");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-73071");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/08/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/08/31");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-default-editor");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-enhanced");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-enhanced-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-filesystem");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-minimal");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vim-minimal-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xxd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:xxd-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm2.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'vim-common-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-common-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-data-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-debuginfo-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-debuginfo-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-debugsource-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-debugsource-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-default-editor-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-enhanced-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-enhanced-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-enhanced-debuginfo-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-filesystem-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-minimal-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-minimal-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'vim-minimal-debuginfo-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'xxd-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'xxd-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'xxd-debuginfo-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'xxd-debuginfo-9.2.920-1.amzn2023.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "vim-common / vim-data / vim-debuginfo / etc");
}

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31 Aug 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 48.6
CVSS 3.13.3
EPSS0.00336
SSVC
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