CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-43896

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-11 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-05-11
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-674

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, unbounded recursion in jv_object_merge_recursive() allows a crafted jq program to crash the process with a segfault. The function is reachable through the * operator when both operands are objects.

Affected configurations

• jqlang jq (<= 1.8.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion weakness

References