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CVE-2026-25749VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update

Affects Red Hat vimSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 22:51 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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.

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