Medium5.5Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux

stack overflow via unbounded recursion in jv_contains

CVE-2026-40612 Published May 11, 2026

CVE-2026-40612

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

stack overflow via unbounded recursion in jv_contains. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.5). Weakness: CWE-674. Affected package(s): jq-main. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:29986 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected versions

jq-main-1.8.2-0.1.hum1

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Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:29986

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:29986 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

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