Medium4.1Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-35177] Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-35177 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1.

CVE-2026-35177 Published Apr 6, 2026

CVE-2026-35177

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

Vim zip.vim plugin: Arbitrary file overwrite via path traversal bypass. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 4.1).

Weakness: CWE-22. Affected package(s): vim, rhui5/installer-rhel9:1781525693, rhui5/cds-rhel9:1781525684, rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1781525739, insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9:1782890503, rhui5/haproxy-rhel9:1781525671.

Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:28049 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 1.

Affected versions

vim-2:8.0.1763-19.el8_6.6
vim-2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.5
rhui5/installer-rhel9:1781525693
vim-2:8.0.1763-23.el8_10
rhui5/cds-rhel9:1781525684
vim-2:9.1.083-5.el10_0.3
vim-2:8.2.2637-20.el9_4.3
vim-2:8.2.2637-20.el9_2.2
rhui5/rhua-rhel9:1781525739
insights-proxy/insights-proxy-container-rhel9:1782890503
rhui5/haproxy-rhel9:1781525671
vim-2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.3

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:28049

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:28049 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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