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. 4 Extended Update Support and related versions. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to manipulate file paths in Vim. Red Hat has issued a security advisory rating the impact as moderate and has released updated packages to address these issues. No known exploits are reported in the wild. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions are advised to apply the provided security updates to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security has published an advisory (RHSA-2025:17644) addressing two path traversal vulnerabilities in Vim (CVE-2025-53905 and CVE-2025-53906). These vulnerabilities relate to improper handling of file paths within Vim, potentially allowing unauthorized file access or manipulation. The advisory covers multiple architectures and Extended Update Support versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4. While no CVSS scores are provided, the vendor rates the severity as moderate. Updated Vim packages have been released to fix these issues, and detailed update instructions are available via Red Hat's official documentation.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to perform path traversal attacks via Vim, potentially leading to unauthorized file access or modification within the context of the user running Vim. The impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Vim packages that address these path traversal vulnerabilities. Users running affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support should apply these security updates promptly. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor advisory.
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. 4 Extended Update Support and related versions. These vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to manipulate file paths in Vim. Red Hat has issued a security advisory rating the impact as moderate and has released updated packages to address these issues. No known exploits are reported in the wild. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions are advised to apply the provided security updates to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security has published an advisory (RHSA-2025:17644) addressing two path traversal vulnerabilities in Vim (CVE-2025-53905 and CVE-2025-53906). These vulnerabilities relate to improper handling of file paths within Vim, potentially allowing unauthorized file access or manipulation. The advisory covers multiple architectures and Extended Update Support versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4. While no CVSS scores are provided, the vendor rates the severity as moderate. Updated Vim packages have been released to fix these issues, and detailed update instructions are available via Red Hat's official documentation.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to perform path traversal attacks via Vim, potentially leading to unauthorized file access or modification within the context of the user running Vim. The impact is rated as moderate by Red Hat Product Security. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Vim packages that address these path traversal vulnerabilities. Users running affected versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support should apply these security updates promptly. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:17644
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-53906"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4e87e29bf47b5008127c
Added to database: 6/2/2026, 9:43:35 PM
Last enriched: 6/2/2026, 10:09:44 PM
Last updated: 6/3/2026, 4:57:19 AM
Views: 2
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