RLSA-2026:48650 (CVE-2026-55693)

Vulnerability from osv_rocky – Published: 2026-08-01 00:06 – Updated: 2026-08-15 00:09 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Important: vim security update
Details

Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.

Security Fix(es):

  • vim: Vim: Denial of Service via stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sofo() (CVE-2026-57455)

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via malicious docstrings in Python omni-completion (CVE-2026-57456)

  • vim: Vim: Out-of-bounds Write in Spell File Word Count (CVE-2026-55693)

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted PHP file in omni-completion (CVE-2026-59856)

  • vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion (CVE-2026-59858)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Credits
Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Red Hat
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:10",
        "name": "vim",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/vim?distro=rocky-linux-10\u0026epoch=2"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "yum_repository": "BaseOS"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"
    },
    {
      "name": "Red Hat"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory": "RHSA-2026:48650"
  },
  "details": "Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* vim: Vim: Denial of Service via stack out-of-bounds write in spell_soundfold_sofo() (CVE-2026-57455)\n\n* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via malicious docstrings in Python omni-completion (CVE-2026-57456)\n\n* vim: Vim: Out-of-bounds Write in Spell File Word Count (CVE-2026-55693)\n\n* vim: Vim: Arbitrary code execution via crafted PHP file in omni-completion (CVE-2026-59856)\n\n* vim: Vim: Arbitrary command execution via crafted tags file in C omni-completion (CVE-2026-59858)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
  "id": "RLSA-2026:48650",
  "modified": "2026-08-15T00:09:49.167710Z",
  "published": "2026-08-01T00:06:21.082706Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:48650"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492972"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492980"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498868"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2498867"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492968"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48650"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Important: vim security update",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-55693",
    "CVE-2026-57455",
    "CVE-2026-57456",
    "CVE-2026-59856",
    "CVE-2026-59858"
  ]
}



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