JLSEC-2026-442

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Source
https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/blob/main/advisories/published/2026/JLSEC-2026-442.md
Import Source
https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/tree/generated/osv/2026/JLSEC-2026-442.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/JLSEC-2026-442
Upstream
Published
2026-05-05T15:51:30.603Z
Modified
2026-05-05T16:42:45.865766Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function ncparseentry in parseentry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.

Database specific 
{
    "sources": [
        {
            "modified": "2024-11-21T03:57:34.107Z",
            "id": "CVE-2018-19211",
            "database_specific": {
                "status": "Modified"
            },
            "html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19211",
            "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2018-19211",
            "imported": "2026-05-05T15:04:39.709Z",
            "published": "2018-11-12T19:29:00.347Z"
        }
    ],
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
}
References

Affected packages

Julia / Ncurses_jll

Package

Name
Ncurses_jll
Purl
pkg:julia/Ncurses_jll?uuid=68e3532b-a499-55ff-9963-d1c0c0748b3a

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2.0+0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/tree/generated/osv/2026/JLSEC-2026-442.json"