RHSA-2026:22717MediumCVSS 4.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

Published
June 3, 2026
Last Modified
October 2, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-35177 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-35177 — vim: Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass

🎯 Affected products68

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5.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: Avoid opening untrusted zip archives with Vim. This operational control prevents the necessary user interaction required to trigger the path traversal vulnerability in the `zip.vim` plugin.

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