CVE-2026-41257EPSS p3.4%

CVE-2026-41257CVE-2026-41257

jqlang / jq

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, the jq bytecode VM's data stack tracks its allocation size in a signed int. When the stack grows beyond ≈1 GiB (via deeply nested generator forks), the doubling arithmetic overflows. The wrapped value is passed to realloc and then used for a memmove with attacker-influenced offsets.

Scoring

CVSS 5.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS0.14% probability of exploitation · percentile 3.4% · 2026-10-27T12:03:15Z
Last modified2026-10-26
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