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CVE-2026-43896

jq: Stack Overflow in Recursive Object Merge PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
jqlang / jqaffected <= 1.8.1

CWE

CWE-674

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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