CVE-2026-41256
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)
- CWE
- CWE-158
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- jqlang:jq