Skip to content
CodeAuditAgent

CVE-2026-18839

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.

Weakness

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.

References

Find the bug before an attacker does.

Sign in with GitHub and run your first audit in under a minute. The free plan needs no credit card.