CVE-2026-40612
Medium · 5.5CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.2%
Published
May 11, 2026
CISA due date
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The record
jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jv_contains recurses into nested arrays/objects with no depth limit. With a sufficiently nested input structure (built programmatically with reduce, since the JSON parser caps at depth 10000), the C stack is exhausted.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | jq | 0 | 1.8.1-3.1 |
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