Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update
Two path traversal vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-53905 and CVE-2025-53906) have been identified in Vim, the improved vi editor, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. These vulnerabilities allow unauthorized path traversal, which could potentially lead to unauthorized file access. Red Hat has rated the security impact as Moderate and has released an update to address these issues. The advisory provides updated Vim packages for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions and architectures. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:20945) for two path traversal vulnerabilities in Vim (CVE-2025-53905 and CVE-2025-53906). These vulnerabilities relate to improper handling of file paths, categorized under CWE-22. The affected products include various architectures of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its Extended Update Support versions. Red Hat has released updated Vim packages to fix these vulnerabilities. The advisory rates the impact as Moderate but does not provide CVSS scores. No exploits are currently known in the wild.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to perform path traversal attacks via Vim, potentially accessing files outside intended directories. This could lead to unauthorized information disclosure or modification depending on the context of Vim usage. However, no active exploitation has been reported, and the impact is rated as Moderate by Red Hat.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Vim packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants that address these path traversal vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities. No additional vendor-recommended mitigations are indicated.
Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update
Description
Two path traversal vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-53905 and CVE-2025-53906) have been identified in Vim, the improved vi editor, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. These vulnerabilities allow unauthorized path traversal, which could potentially lead to unauthorized file access. Red Hat has rated the security impact as Moderate and has released an update to address these issues. The advisory provides updated Vim packages for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions and architectures. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:20945) for two path traversal vulnerabilities in Vim (CVE-2025-53905 and CVE-2025-53906). These vulnerabilities relate to improper handling of file paths, categorized under CWE-22. The affected products include various architectures of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its Extended Update Support versions. Red Hat has released updated Vim packages to fix these vulnerabilities. The advisory rates the impact as Moderate but does not provide CVSS scores. No exploits are currently known in the wild.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to perform path traversal attacks via Vim, potentially accessing files outside intended directories. This could lead to unauthorized information disclosure or modification depending on the context of Vim usage. However, no active exploitation has been reported, and the impact is rated as Moderate by Red Hat.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Vim packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants that address these path traversal vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates promptly following Red Hat's guidance at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the vulnerabilities. No additional vendor-recommended mitigations are indicated.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:20945
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-53906"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4e87e29bf47b5008128d
Added to database: 6/2/2026, 9:43:35 PM
Last enriched: 6/2/2026, 10:09:59 PM
Last updated: 6/3/2026, 5:09:40 AM
Views: 3
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