DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40612

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40612
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40612.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40612
Upstream
Published
2026-05-11T18:16:33Z
Modified
2026-09-14T17:03:28Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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, 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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jq?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*
1.6-2.1
1.6-2.1+deb12u1
1.6-2.1+deb12u2
1.6-3
1.7-1
1.7.1-1
1.7.1-2
1.7.1-3
1.7.1-4
1.7.1-5
1.7.1-6
1.8.0-1
1.8.1-1
1.8.1-2
1.8.1-3
1.8.1-4
1.8.1-5
1.8.1-6
1.8.1-7
1.8.1-8
1.8.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40612.json"

Debian:13 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jq?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.1-6+deb13u3

Affected versions

1.*
1.7.1-6+deb13u1
1.7.1-6+deb13u2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40612.json"

Debian:14 / jq

Package

Name
jq
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/jq?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.8.1-6

Affected versions

1.*
1.8.0-1
1.8.1-1
1.8.1-2
1.8.1-3
1.8.1-4
1.8.1-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40612.json"