jq jv_contains Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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

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 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...

jq security vulnerabilities

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...

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...