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SUSE jq Important Heap Overflow Denial of Service Vuln 2026-22545-1

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE's security update for jq addresses 11 vulnerabilities including heap overflows and denial of service issues.
An update that solves 11 vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for jq fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-48060: improper handling of string data in `jv_string_empty` can lead to heap buffer overflow and a crash when processing crafted input (bsc#1244116). * CVE-2026-32316: integer overflow within the `jvp_string_append()` and `jvp_string_copy_replace_bad` functions can lead to heap buffer overflow when evaluating untrusted jq queries (bsc#1262044). * CVE-2026-33947: unbounded recursion in functions `jv_setpath()`, `jv_getpath()`, and `delpaths_sorted()` can lead to excessive resource consumption when processing crafted JSON input (bsc#1262069). * CVE-2026-39956: missing runtime type checks in `_strindices` and `jv_string_indexes()` can lead to a crash when evaluating untrusted jq filters against a release build (bsc#1262070).

References

* bsc#1244116

* bsc#1262043

* bsc#1262044

* bsc#1262069

* bsc#1262070

* bsc#1262071

* bsc#1262072

* bsc#1265060

* bsc#1265061

* bsc#1265062

* bsc#1265070

Cross-

* CVE-2025-48060

* CVE-2026-32316

* CVE-2026-33947

* CVE-2026-33948

* CVE-2026-39956

* CVE-2026-39979

* CVE-2026-40164

* CVE-2026-40612

* CVE-2026-41256

* CVE-2026-41257

* CVE-2026-43894

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-48060 ( SUSE ): 6.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-48060 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2025-48060 ( NVD ): 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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22545-1
Release Date: 2026-07-07T12:32:37Z
Rating: important

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