ALPINE-CVE-2026-43896

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-43896
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-43896.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-43896
Upstream
Published
2026-05-11T18:16:37Z
Modified
2026-09-02T00:30:03Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.22 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/jq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-43896.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/jq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-43896.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/jq?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-43896.json"