CVE-2026-43896

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.002 · 4 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.15% (4th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, unbounded recursion in jv_object_merge_recursive() allows a crafted jq program to crash the process with a segfault. The function is reachable through the * operator when both operands are objects.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.5 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-674USCWE-674US

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Meinberg LANTIME< V7.10.013cert_bundDE
Open Source jq≤ 1.8.1cert_bundDE
jqlang jq≤ ≤ 1.8.1enisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Ansible Automation Platform≤ 2fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Ceph Storage≤ 4fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Hardened Imagesall versionsfstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform≤ 4fstec_bduRU
Stephen Dolan jq≤ 1.8.2fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» АЛЬТ СП 10all versionsfstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 8.0fstec_bduRU
jqlang jq≤ 1.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:jqlang:jq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-1371jq: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-05-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in jq ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-05-11modified 2026-08-04

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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