RHEL 8 : vim (RHSA-2026:22730)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:22730 advisory. Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via...

RHEL 9 : vim (RHSA-2026:22717)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:22717 advisory. Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via...

vim security update

An update is available for vim. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security...

vim security update

An update is available for vim. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security...

RLSA-2026:22730 Moderate: vim security update

Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass CVE-2026-35177 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other relat...

RockyLinux 8 : vim (RLSA-2026:22730)

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:22730 advisory. vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass CVE-2026-35177 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directl...

vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass

A flaw was found in Vim's zip.vim plugin. A local user could be tricked into opening a specially crafted zip archive, which would allow a path traversal bypass. This vulnerability enables an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, potentially leading to data integrity issues or furth...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CV...

ALSA-2026:22717 Moderate: vim security update

Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass CVE-2026-35177 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other relat...

Moderate: vim security update

Vim Vi IMproved is an updated and improved version of the vi editor. Security Fixes: vim: zip.vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass CVE-2026-35177 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other relat...

Metasploit Wrap-Up 05/15/2026

Weaponizing a text editor for fun and profit Gather round, dear readers, because today, we by we, we mean @h00die dropped the ultimate persistence mechanism: Vim plugin persistence. And honestly, calling it "persistence" feels redundant — Vim is already the most persistent thing ever. Somewhere,...

VIM Plugin Persistence

This module creates a VIM Plugin which executes a payload on VIM startup. Module Options msf use exploit/linux/persistence/vimplugin msf exploitvimplugin show targets ...targets... msf exploitvimplugin set TARGET msf exploitvimplugin show options ...show and set options... msf exploitvimplugin...

VIM Plugin Persistence

This Metasploit module creates a VIM Plugin which executes a payload on VIM startup...

Path traversal issue with zip.vim in Vim

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EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.1 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2026-1469)

According to the versions of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vims tar.vim plugin can allow...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for vim (EulerOS-SA-2026-1526)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: vim (UTSA-2026-006155)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-006155 advisory. Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vims tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of arbitrary files wh...

EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.1 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2025-2568)

According to the versions of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vims tar.vim plugin can allow...

Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-7.3.1.2)

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 7.3.1.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-7.3.1.2 advisory. - A heap-buffer-overflow off-by-one flaw was found in the GnuTLS software in the template parsing logic within the certtool...

EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : vim (EulerOS-SA-2025-2376)

According to the versions of the vim packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vims tar.vim plugin can allow overwriting of...