RHSA-2026:19224HighCVSS 8.2

Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

Published
May 19, 2026
Last Modified
August 26, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-34982 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-34982 — vim: arbitrary command execution via modeline sandbox bypass

🎯 Affected products68

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: To mitigate this issue, disable the modeline support by adding the following command to the Vim configuration file: ~~~ set nomodeline ~~~

🔗 References (4)