#VU127960 Integer overflow in jq
Published: April 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127960
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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/U:Green
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
jq
jq
Software vendor:
stedolan (Stephen Dolan)
stedolan (Stephen Dolan)
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in JSON parser "tokenadd" buffer growth. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.