Riskcovery

CVE-2026-18739

Popt-devel: popt-static: off-by-one in poptstuffargs

State
Published
Severity
2.5 Low
Published
Aug 4, 2026
Updated
Aug 31, 2026
Reserved
Aug 3, 2026

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Description

A flaw was found in popt, a command-line option parsing library. An off-by-one error in the poptStuffArgs function, when repeatedly called by a host application or through deep alias nesting, can lead to corruption of internal program data. This corruption could potentially enable a local attacker to execute arbitrary code if the host application then unsafely processes the altered data.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.12.5 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Lredhat

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
poptrpm-software-management
  • 1.1.1 and laterAffected
Red Hat Hardened ImagesRed Hat
  • 1.19-11.1.hum1 and laterNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
          Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
            Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat
              Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat

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