CVE 5.5 MEDIUM

jq: Embedded NUL truncates top-level jq programs loaded with -f_CVE-2026-41256

5.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, Top-level jq programs loaded from a file with -f are truncated at the first embedded NUL byte on current upstream HEAD. A crafted filter file such as . followed by \x00 and arbitrary suffix compiles and executes as only the prefix before the NUL. This leaves jq with a post-CVE-2026-33948 prefix/full-buffer mismatch on the compilation path even though the JSON parser path has already been fixed.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-41256
Source GitHub_M
Published May 11, 2026 at 17:18

Affected Product

Vendor jqlang
Product jq
Version <= 1.8.1
Affected Versions jqlang jq <= 1.8.1

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