RHSA-2026:77359HighCVSS 7.3

Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

Published
October 7, 2026
Last Modified
October 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

CVE-2026-73073 — vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion

🎯 Affected products68

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-X11-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-common-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-common-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-common-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-common-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-common-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)
  • vim-debuginfo-2:8.0.1763-32.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
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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, users should avoid opening C source files from untrusted sources, especially when accompanied by untrusted tags files. Exercise caution when invoking C omni-completion (CTRL-X CTRL-O) on files from unknown or suspicious origins.

🔗 References (4)