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CVE-2026-41257

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2026-05-11 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, the jq bytecode VM's data stack tracks its allocation size in a signed int. When the stack grows beyond ≈1 GiB (via deeply nested generator forks), the doubling arithmetic overflows. The wrapped value is passed to realloc and then used for a memmove with attacker-influenced offsets.

Affected Platforms

Jqlang Jq

Weakness Type

CWE-190, CWE-787

References