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Popt-devel: popt-static: size_t underflow in singleoptionhelp

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

An integer underflow was found in the popt library when formatting help text for option tables that exceed the terminal width. A local user who can cause an application to print help under those conditions may cause that application to crash or fail to display help, resulting in a denial of service of the affected application.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2026-18839

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-18839

popt

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/6/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/7/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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  {
    "vendor": "rpm-software-management",
    "product": "popt",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.13",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "popt",
    "collectionURL": "https://github.com/rpm-software-management/popt",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Hardened Images",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "1.19-11.2.hum1",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "rpm"
      }
    ],
    "packageName": "popt-main",
    "collectionURL": "https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "packageName": "popt",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "packageName": "popt",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "unknown"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "packageName": "popt",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "packageName": "popt",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "packageName": "popt",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  },
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4"
    ],
    "vendor": "Red Hat",
    "product": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4",
    "packageName": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9",
    "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
    "defaultStatus": "affected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-18839

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Publisher severity

low

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Event
#32365 · Revision 1
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Revision history

  1. CVE-2026-18839 · Revision 1Source updated