CVE-2026-44777

jq: stack overflow in module loading on mutual `include`

State: Published
Severity: 5.4 Medium
Published: May 11, 2026
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: May 7, 2026

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.2rc1 and earlier, the ordinary module loader recurses without cycle detection when two otherwise valid modules include each other.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.4 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

Affected Products

Product	Versions
jqjqlang	<= 1.8.2rc1Affected

References

https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-rmpv-jgvr-wpr9

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