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CVE-2026-18839 An integer underflow was found in the popt library when formatting help text for option tables that exceed the…

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.

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

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