CVE-2026-40164
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Important: jq security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.6-2.1+deb11u2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.8.1-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.8.1-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.7.1-6+deb13u2 |
| sles | affected | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16693
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19365
- https://github.com/jqlang/jq/commit/0c7d133c3c7e37c00b6d46b658a02244fdd3c784
- https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-wwj8-gxm6-jc29
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40164
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40164.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16252
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2458077
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2458084
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-16252.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-16693.html
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-19365.html
CWEs
CWE-328 CWE-407
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.