Vulnerability in vim
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A vulnerability tracked as ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024 has been found in vim.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade vim to 9.0.0999-r0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "vim ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024" on the vendor's site.
ALPINE-CVE-2022-47024 (vim)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 9.0.0999-r0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in vim.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of vim.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 9.0.0999-r0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'vim' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'vim' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
vimを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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Apply patchpatch
Upgrade vim to 9.0.0999-r0ステージング環境で 9.0.0999-r0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3
Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.18 | vim |
≥ 8.1.2269, < 9.0.0999-r0 |
9.0.0999-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | vim |
≥ 8.1.2269, < 9.0.0999-r0 |
9.0.0999-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | vim |
≥ 8.1.2269, < 9.0.0999-r0 |
9.0.0999-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | vim |
≥ 8.1.2269, < 9.0.0999-r0 |
9.0.0999-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | vim |
≥ 8.1.2269, < 9.0.0999-r0 |
9.0.0999-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | vim |
≥ 8.1.2269, < 9.0.0999-r0 |
9.0.0999-r0 |
Original description The description as published by the source.
A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in function gui_x11_create_blank_mouse in gui_x11.c in vim 8.1.2269 thru 9.0.0339 allows attackers to cause denial of service or other unspecified impacts.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- advisory security.alpinelinux.org