Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update
Affects Red Hat vimSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 22:51 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Mar 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated Vim packages that address this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants should apply the security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:5602 and the linked article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying these updates will remediate the vulnerability.
Description
A security vulnerability (CVE-2026-25749) in Vim (Vi IMproved) allows arbitrary code execution via processing of the 'helpfile' option. Red Hat has issued a security advisory for this vulnerability affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and related variants. The update addresses this moderate severity issue by providing patched Vim packages.