CVE-2026-43896

Published: May 11, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Jqlang: Jq

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Jqlang Jq	Up to 1.8.1

Related CWEs

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (2)

https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-mg96-6h3q-g846

Source: security-advisories@github.com

ExploitVendor Advisory

https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-mg96-6h3q-g846

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

ExploitVendor Advisory

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