Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting stedolan/jq package, versions [,1.8.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-STEDOLANJQ-17660933
  • published28 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026
  • creditdirkmueller

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-54679  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade stedolan/jq to version 1.8.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the jvp_string_append function on 32-bit systems. An attacker can cause a buffer overrun by triggering an integer overflow during string operations.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1