RHSA-2026:28209MediumCVSS 7.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

Published
June 23, 2026
Last Modified
September 21, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-41411 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-41411 — vim: Command injection allows arbitrary code execution via malicious tag files

🎯 Affected products68

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.6.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: Mitigation for this issue involves exercising caution when opening or processing tag files from untrusted sources. Users should avoid loading tag files from unknown or suspicious origins to prevent the execution of arbitrary commands.

🔗 References (4)