CVE-2026-18839

Summary

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 Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
rpm-software-managementpopt1.13 < *affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

References