Microsoft security update for CVE-2026-18743 — azl3
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products5
- azl3 popt 1.19-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 popt 1.19-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 rsync 3.4.3-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 rsync 3.5.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 rsync 3.5.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 3 updates
3 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.
| KB article | Update | Fixed build |
|---|---|---|
| — | Security Update | 1.19-2 |
| — | Security Update | — |
| — | Security Update | 3.5.1-1 |
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2026-18743
- EchelonGraph score
- 2.5 LOW
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
A flaw was found in popt. This vulnerability allows an attacker to provide specially crafted configuration content to a host, which, when loaded, can lead to a small memory corruption issue. This occurs because of an error in how the `poptConfigFileToString` function reallocates memory for buffers. Successful exploitation could result in heap metadata corruption, potentially causing the affected process to become unavailable (denial of service).
Published by Red Hat, Inc., the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2026-18743, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).