Upstream information

CVE-2023-50246 at MITRE

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. Version 1.7 is vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow. Version 1.7.1 contains a patch for this issue.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub) National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 6.2 5.5 6.2
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low Low
Privileges Required None Low None
User Interaction None None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None None
Integrity Impact None None None
Availability Impact High High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1218034 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:2.1.3-6.253
  • jq >= 1.7.1-1.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-1.1
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:5.4.4.5.190
Container suse/sle-micro/5.5:2.0.4-5.8.118
Container third-party/nvidia/driver:550-sles15.7
Container third-party/nvidia/driver:570-sles15.7
Container third-party/nvidia/driver:575-sles15.7
Container third-party/nvidia/driver:580-sles15.7
Container third-party/nvidia/driver:590-sles15.7
Container third-party/nvidia/driver:595-sles15.7
Container third-party/nvidia/driver:610-sles15.7
Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-GCE
Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-GCE
Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-3P
Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-Azure
Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-EC2
Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-GCE
Image SLES15-SP6
Image SLES15-SP6-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-BYOS-GCE
Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure
Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2
Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE
Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC
Image SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud
Image SLES15-SP6-GCE
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-BYOS-GCE
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-GCE
Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL
Image SLES15-SP6-SAPCAL-GCE
Image SLES15-SP7-Azure-3P
Image SLES15-SP7-BYOS-Azure
Image SLES15-SP7-BYOS-EC2
Image SLES15-SP7-EC2-ECS-HVM
Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-Azure
Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-Azure
Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-EC2
Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-3P
Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS-GCE
Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-EC2
Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-GCE-3P
Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-Azure
Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-EC2
Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-GCE
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-4275 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-4275 (aarch64,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-4275 (aarch64,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-4275 (aarch64,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-4275 (aarch64,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-4275 (aarch64,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-4275 (aarch64,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-4275 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-4275 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-4275 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-4275 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • jq >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 GA jq-1.7.1-160000.2.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1
  • jq >= 1.8.1-160099.2.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.8.1-160099.2.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.8.1-160099.2.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 GA jq-1.8.1-160099.2.1 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-4275 (ppc64le,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-4275 (ppc64le,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • jq >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-150000.3.25.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-4275 (ppc64le,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
  • jq >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-160000.2.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 GA jq-1.7.1-160000.2.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0
  • jq >= 1.7.1-1.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-905 (aarch64,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
  • jq >= 1.7.1-slfo.1.1_1.2
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-slfo.1.1_1.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 GA jq-1.7.1-slfo.1.1_1.2 (aarch64,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • jq >= 1.7.1-1.1
  • libjq-devel >= 1.7.1-1.1
  • libjq1 >= 1.7.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-13521

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud jq In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS jq Released
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun jq In progress
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure jq Released
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 jq Released
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE jq Released
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC jq Released
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud jq Released
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun jq In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure jq In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 jq In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE jq In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC jq In progress
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud jq In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 jq Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 jq Released
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 jq Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun jq In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure jq In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 jq In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE jq In progress
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud jq In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS jq In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun jq In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure jq In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 jq In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE jq In progress
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud jq In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun jq In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure jq In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 jq In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE jq In progress
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC jq In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 jq Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 jq Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 jq Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 jq Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 jq Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 jq Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS jq Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL jq Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 jq Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 jq Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 jq Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 jq Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 jq Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 jq Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 jq Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 jq Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 jq Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 jq Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 jq Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 jq Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 jq Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 jq Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 jq Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 jq Not affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 jq Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 jq Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 jq Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 jq Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 jq Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 jq Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 jq Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 jq Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 jq Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 jq Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 jq Affected
Container Status
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4
suse/sle-micro/5.5
third-party/nvidia/driver:550-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:570-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:575-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:590-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:595-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:610-sles15.7		 jqReleased
containers/suse-ai-observability-extension-setup:1
rancher/elemental-channel
rancher/elemental-rt-channel
suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2
suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0
third-party/nvidia/driver:550.163.01-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:570.195.03-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:570.211.01-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:575.57.08-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.105.08-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.126.09-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.126.16-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.126.20-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.82.07-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.95.05-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:590.48.01-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:595.45.04-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:595.58.03-sles15.7		 jqIn progress

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Dec 13 23:00:55 2023
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 28 16:26:04 2026