jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jq accepts embedded NUL bytes in import paths at the jq-language level, but later resolves those paths through C string operations during module and data-file lookup. This creates a mismatch between the logical import string that policy or audit code may validate and the on-disk path that jq actually opens.
{
"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-158",
"CWE-20"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43895.json"
}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jqlang:jq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "1.8.1"
}
],
"source": [
"AFFECTED_FIELD",
"CPE_RANGE"
]
}