Upstream information
Description
jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions 1.8.1 and below, functions jv_setpath(), jv_getpath(), and delpaths_sorted() in jq's src/jv_aux.c use unbounded recursion whose depth is controlled by the length of a caller-supplied path array, with no depth limit enforced. An attacker can supply a JSON document containing a flat array of ~65,000 integers (~200 KB) that, when used as a path argument by a trusted jq filter, exhausts the C call stack and crashes the process with a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV). This bypass works because the existing MAX_PARSING_DEPTH (10,000) limit only protects the JSON parser, not runtime path operations where arrays can be programmatically constructed to arbitrary lengths. The impact is denial of service (unrecoverable crash) affecting any application or service that processes untrusted JSON input through jq's setpath, getpath, or delpaths builtins. This issue has been addressed in commit fb59f1491058d58bdc3e8dd28f1773d1ac690a1f.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Pending
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (GitHub) | SUSE |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.2 | 5.5 |
| 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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | None |
| User Interaction | None | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | High | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| CVSS detail | SUSE |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Attack Requirements | None |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Passive |
| Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Integrity Impact | None |
| Vulnerable System Availability Impact | High |
| Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Integrity Impact | None |
| Subsequent System Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv4 Version | 4.0 |
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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | jq | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | jq | Affected |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | jq | Affected |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | jq | Affected |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | jq | 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 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | jq | 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 | 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 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | jq | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | 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 | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | jq | Affected |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | jq | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | jq | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | jq | Affected |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | 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 |
| Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle. | ||
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | jq | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | jq | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | jq | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | jq | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | jq | Affected |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | jq | Affected |
| Container Status | ||
| 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/sle-micro-rancher/5.3 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4 suse/sle-micro/5.5 suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0 | jq | Affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Apr 14 03:06:15 2026CVE page last modified: Tue Apr 14 15:49:14 2026