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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.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "summary", "text": "popt-devel: popt-static: Off-by-one in poptStuffArgs", "title": "Vulnerability summary" }, { "category": "other", "text": "This flaw has Low impact as it requires a host application to repeatedly call `poptStuffArgs` or use deep alias nesting, leading to an off-by-one error. Exploitation is only possible if the host application then unsafely processes the corrupted `poptContext` data, such as sinking it into `exec`, `system`, `popen`, or `dlopen`.", "title": "Statement" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "red_hat_enterprise_linux_10:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_10:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt-static", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt-static", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_8:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_8:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_9:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_9:popt.src", "red_hat_hardened_images:popt.src" ], "under_investigation": [ "red_hat_openshift_container_platform_4:rhcos" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18739" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "RHBZ#2510737", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510737" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18739", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18739" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18739", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18739" } ], "release_date": "2026-08-03T18:46:11.280000+00:00", "remediations": [ { "category": "no_fix_planned", "details": "Out of support scope", "product_ids": [ "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt-static", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt.src" ] }, { "category": "none_available", "details": "Fix deferred", "product_ids": [ "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt-static", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_8:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_8:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_9:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_9:popt.src" ] }, { "category": "none_available", "details": "Affected", "product_ids": [ "red_hat_enterprise_linux_10:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_10:popt.src", "red_hat_hardened_images:popt.src" ] } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "attackComplexity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "LOW", "baseScore": 2.5, "baseSeverity": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "red_hat_enterprise_linux_10:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_10:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt-static", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt-static", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_8:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_8:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_9:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_9:popt.src", "red_hat_hardened_images:popt.src", "red_hat_openshift_container_platform_4:rhcos" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Low", "product_ids": [ "red_hat_enterprise_linux_10:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_10:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt-static", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_6:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt-static", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_7:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_8:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_8:popt.src", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_9:popt-devel", "red_hat_enterprise_linux_9:popt.src", "red_hat_hardened_images:popt.src", "red_hat_openshift_container_platform_4:rhcos" ] } ], "title": "popt-devel: popt-static: Off-by-one in poptStuffArgs" } ] }