RHSA-2025:17742 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: vim security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 13, 2025
Updated · September 1, 2026
Topic
An update for vim is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Vim (Vi IMproved) is an updated and improved version of the vi editor.
Security Fix(es):
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vim: Vim path traversal (CVE-2025-53906)
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vim: Vim path traversial (CVE-2025-53905)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.