CVE-2023-2426

MEDIUMNVD 5.36.8▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2023-04-30. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 1.5.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
6.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
6.8MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
47
EG Risk 47/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
33rd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

April 29, 2023

Last Modified

September 24, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Sep 24, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: github_commit.
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: vim-9.0.1562-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PCLJN4QINITA3ZASKLEJ64C5TFNKELMO/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: vim-9.0.1562-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LOJP6M7ZTKZQYOGVOOAY6TIE6ACBJL55/
generic

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github_commit

commit caf642c25de5 (vim/vim)

Fix landed in vim/vim commit caf642c25de5 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/caf642c25de526229264cab9425e7c9979f3509b
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of macOS Big Sur 11.7.9 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

About the security content of macOS Monterey 12.6.8 - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-2426(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuvim-nox (2:8.0.1453-1ubuntu1.13+esm1) @ bionic2026-09-24ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vim—
  • every version up to 2:9.0.1378-2: fixed in 2:9.0.1378-2
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vim—
  • every version up to 2:9.0.1378-2: fixed in 2:9.0.1378-2
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
vim—
  • every version up to 2:9.0.1378-2: fixed in 2:9.0.1378-2
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-2426?
CVE-2023-2426 is a medium vulnerability published on April 29, 2023. Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset in GitHub repository vim/vim prior to 9.0.1499.
When was CVE-2023-2426 disclosed?
CVE-2023-2426 was first published on April 29, 2023, with the most recent update on September 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2023-2426 actively exploited?
CVE-2023-2426 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (33rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-2426?
CVE-2023-2426 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).
How do I remediate CVE-2023-2426?
A fix for CVE-2023-2426 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2023-2426 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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