{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2026-39956","details":"jq is a command-line JSON processor. Prior to version 1.8.2, the _strindices builtin in jq's src/builtin.c passes its arguments directly to jv_string_indexes() without verifying they are strings, and jv_string_indexes() in src/jv.c relies solely on assert() checks that are stripped in release builds compiled with -DNDEBUG. This allows an attacker to crash jq trivially with input like _strindices(0), and by crafting a numeric value whose IEEE-754 bit pattern maps to a chosen pointer, achieve a controlled pointer dereference and limited memory read/probe primitive. Any deployment that evaluates untrusted jq filters against a release build is vulnerable. This issue has been patched in commit fdf8ef0f0810e3d365cdd5160de43db46f57ed03, which is part of version 1.8.2.","modified":"2026-09-14T16:18:08.173048260Z","published":"2026-04-13T23:16:27.653Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-39956"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-39956"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"jq","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.22","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/jq?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2026-04-02"},{"fixed":"1.8.2-r0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-39956.json"}},{"package":{"name":"jq","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.23","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/jq?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2026-04-02"},{"fixed":"1.8.2-r0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-39956.json"}},{"package":{"name":"jq","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.24","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/jq?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2026-04-02"},{"fixed":"1.8.2-r0"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-39956.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"}]}