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Red HatCVE-2026-18839

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: integer overflow

Low2.2CVE-2026-18839 · Published Aug 5, 2026 · updated Sep 1, 2026

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.

Red Hat advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Hardened Images
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
all versionsNo fix yet
popt
Product
<= 1.13No fix yet
Details and references
CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Severity from
the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
Weakness
CWE-191

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