The vulnerability of the jv_contains() function in the jq JSON processing tool allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the jvcontains function in the jq JSON processing tool is related to an uncontrolled recursion. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

jq: stack overflow via unbounded recursion in jv_contains

A flaw was found in jq, a command line JSON processor. The jvcontains function does not have a depth limit when processing nested arrays or objects. This missing depth limit allows an attacker who can supply a sufficiently nested input structure to exhaust the stack memory, causing an application...

CVE-2026-40612

A flaw was found in jq, a command line JSON processor. The jvcontains function does not have a depth limit when processing nested arrays or objects. This missing depth limit allows an attacker who can supply a sufficiently nested input structure to exhaust the stack memory, causing an application...

jq: Stack overflow via unbounded recursion in jv_contains

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CVE-2026-40612

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

ALPINE-CVE-2026-40612

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

AZL-86381 CVE-2026-40612 affecting package jq for versions less than 1.7.1-6

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

CVE-2026-40612

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

CVE-2026-40612

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

EUVD-2026-29161

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

CVE-2026-40612

CVE-2026-40612 affects jq (1.8.1 and earlier). The root cause is an unbounded recursion in the function jv_contains that recurses into nested arrays/objects with no depth limit, eventually exhausting the C stack when presented with a deeply nested input (constructed programmatically with reduce, ...

CVE-2026-40612 jq: Stack overflow via unbounded recursion in jv_contains

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

CVE-2026-40612

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

CVE-2026-40612 jq: Stack overflow via unbounded recursion in jv_contains

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

CVE-2026-40612 jq: Stack overflow via unbounded recursion in jv_contains

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

CVE-2026-40612: Uncontrolled Recursion

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jvcontains 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...

jq 安全漏洞

jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor developed by jqlang. Jq versions 1.8.1 and earlier have security vulnerabilities; these vulnerabilities stem from the jvcontains function’s recursive nesting of arrays/objects without depth limits, which may lead to exhaustion of the C...