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2.2 Low

CVE-2026-18839 Popt-devel: popt-static: size_t underflow in singleoptionhelp

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1 detail

Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary account and if a user takes an action; the impact on data or service is limited.

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Versions not published
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Versions not published
Red Hat Hardened Images 1.19 earliest → < 1.19-11.2.hum1 1.19-11.2.hum1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Versions not published
popt 1.13 1.13 → latest No fix stated
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) Versions not published
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 Versions not published
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