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CVE-2025-48060 json

AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt)

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-16055

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are available.

Patch / fix

  • jqlang jq 1.8.0
  • jq Debian 12 1.6-2.1+deb12u1
  • jq Debian 13 1.7.1-6+deb13u1
  • jq Debian 14 1.8.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-48060

  • jq Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.6-2.1ubuntu3.1
  • jq Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.7.1-3ubuntu0.24.04.1
  • jq Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.10 1.8.1-3ubuntu1
  • jq Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
  • jq Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • jq Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.6-1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-48060

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • jq RHEL 10.0 1.7.1-8.el10_0.1
  • jq RHEL 8 1.6-11.el8_10
  • jq RHEL 9 1.6-17.el9_6.2
  • jq RHEL 8.4 AUS 1.5-12.el8_4.4
  • jq RHEL 8.2 AUS 1.5-12.el8_2.1
  • jq RHEL 8.8 TUS, RHEL 8.8 E4S 1.6-6.el8_8.3
  • jq RHEL 8.6 TUS, RHEL 8.6 EUS_LONG_LIFE, RHEL 8.6 E4S +1 more 1.6-3.el8_6.1
  • jq RHEL 9.2 E4S 1.6-15.el9_2.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:12882RHSA-2025:10621RHSA-2025:10622RHSA-2025:10618RHSA-2025:10619RHSA-2025:10620

  • jq SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 1.7.1-160000.3.1
  • jq Linux Micro 6.0 1.6-5.1
  • jq SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP6, SLE Micro 5.5 +5 more 1.6-150000.3.9.1
  • jq Linux Micro 6.1 1.7.1-slfo.1.1_2.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:22545-1SUSE-SU-2026:22566-1SUSE-SU-2025:20655-1SUSE-SU-2025:02915-1SUSE-SU-2025:20591-1

  • jq openSUSE Leap 16.0 1.7.1-160000.3.1
  • jq openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21248-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15233-1

  • jq AlmaLinux 9 1.6-17.el9_6.2
  • jq AlmaLinux 8 1.6-11.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:10585ALSA-2025:10618

  • jq Rocky Linux 9 1.6-17.el9_6.2
  • jq Rocky Linux 10 1.7.1-8.el10_0.1
  • jq Rocky Linux 8 1.6-11.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:10585RLSA-2025:12882RLSA-2025:10618

  • jq Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 1.8.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-48060

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • jq Azure Linux 3.0 1.7.1-4
  • jq CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.6-4

azure linux advisories AZL-61968AZL-61974

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-48060 updated cvss 5.5

jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt)

  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 automation-controller
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.”
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 jq
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4) jq-devel 1.6-16.el9_4.1, jq-debuginfo 1.6-16.el9_4.1, jq-debugsource 1.6-16.el9_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10613
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) jq 1.6-11.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10618
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) jq 1.5-12.el8_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10622
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4) jq 1.5-12.el8_4.4
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10621
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) jq 1.6-3.el8_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.6) jq 1.6-3.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10620
show 19 more
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8) jq 1.6-6.el8_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10619
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) jq 1.6-12.el9_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10616
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.2) jq 1.6-15.el9_2.2
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10615
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) jq 1.6-3.el8_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.6) jq 1.6-3.el8_6.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10620
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8) jq 1.6-6.el8_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10619
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) jq 1.6-17.el9_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10585
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) jq 1.7.1-8.el10_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:12882
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4) jq 1.6-16.el9_4.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10613
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) jq-devel 1.6-17.el9_6.2, jq-debuginfo 1.6-17.el9_6.2, jq-debugsource 1.6-17.el9_6.2
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10585
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) jq-devel 1.7.1-8.el10_0.1, jq-debuginfo 1.7.1-8.el10_0.1, jq-debugsource 1.7.1-8.el10_0.1
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:12882
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) jq-devel 1.6-11.el8_10, jq-debuginfo 1.6-11.el8_10, jq-debugsource 1.6-11.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:10618
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 rhcos 413.92.202509030117
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:15672
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 rhcos 414.92.202508270040
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:14853
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 rhcos 415.92.202508192014
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:14396
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 rhcos 416.94.202507222002-0
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:11681
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 rhcos 417.94.202507291008-0
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:12437
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 rhcos 418.94.202507221927-0
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:11677
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 rhcos 4.19.9.6.202507152218-0
    fixed: vendor fix “Do not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.” RHSA-2025:11363
  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 openshift4/ose-cli-rhel9 v4.16.0-202507211806.p0.gee354f6.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-pod-rhel9 v4.16.0-202507211806.p0.ga6b193c.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-sdn-rhel9 v4.16.0-202507211806.p0.g53fea06.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-etcd-rhel9 v4.16.0-202507211806.p0.ge7911c0.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tests-rhel9 v4.16.0-202507221936.p0.g65d2ed0.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tools-rhel9 v4.16.0-202507221936.p0.gee354f6.assembly.stream.el9, +185 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 openshift4/frr-rhel9 v4.17.0-202507291005.p0.gc018203.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-cli-rhel9 v4.17.0-202507291005.p0.gfd2be5d.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-pod-rhel9 v4.17.0-202507291005.p0.gce407c5.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-etcd-rhel9 v4.17.0-202507291005.p0.g0d9e0a9.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tests-rhel9 v4.17.0-202507291005.p0.g1d48f49.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tools-rhel9 v4.17.0-202507291005.p0.gfd2be5d.assembly.stream.el9, +182 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 openshift4/frr-rhel9 v4.18.0-202507221934.p0.g98ccbe6.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-cli-rhel9 v4.18.0-202507211933.p0.g4fcb2d0.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-pod-rhel9 v4.18.0-202507211933.p0.g817e6dd.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-etcd-rhel9 v4.18.0-202507211933.p0.g4163768.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tests-rhel9 v4.18.0-202507221934.p0.gca6710c.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tools-rhel9 v4.18.0-202507221934.p0.g4fcb2d0.assembly.stream.el9, +183 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 openshift4/frr-rhel9 v4.19.0-202507161208.p0.g5076dbc.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tests-rhel9 v4.19.0-202507161208.p0.ga2dcd48.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-tools-rhel9 v4.19.0-202507161208.p0.g298429b.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-console-rhel9 v4.19.0-202507160337.p0.g626c44d.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/ose-coredns-rhel9 v4.19.0-202507091938.p0.g74776b8.assembly.stream.el9, openshift4/network-tools-rhel9 v4.19.0-202507152138.p0.g81f7aeb.assembly.stream.el9, +33 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-p7rr-28xf-3m5w referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 7.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 4.0 7.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • jqlang jq

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.