{"id":"USN-8202-2","summary":"jq vulnerabilities","details":"USN-8202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in jq. This update provides the\ncorresponding update to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string\n concatenations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\n denial  of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-32316)\n\n It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle recursion in certain\n circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial\n of service. (CVE-2026-33947)\n\n It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle improperly terminated\n strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\n service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-33948)\n\n It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle checking certain\n variable types. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\n denial  of service or leak sensitive information. (CVE-2026-39956)\n\n It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string\n formatting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive\n information or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-39979)\n\n It was discovered that jq used a fixed seed for hash table operations. An\n attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\n (CVE-2026-40164)","modified":"2026-06-30T18:15:53.504445553Z","published":"2026-04-28T04:18:39Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32316","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33947","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33948","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-39956","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-39979","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40164"],"upstream":["UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32316","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33947","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33948","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-39956","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-39979","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40164"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8202-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-32316"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-33947"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-33948"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-39956"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-39979"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-40164"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"jq","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/jq?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.1-4ubuntu2"}]}],"versions":["1.8.1-3ubuntu1","1.8.1-4ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"jq","binary_version":"1.8.1-4ubuntu2"},{"binary_name":"libjq1","binary_version":"1.8.1-4ubuntu2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2026-32316"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2026-33947"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2026-33948"},{"id":"CVE-2026-39956","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2026-39979","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","type":"CVSS_V4"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2026-40164","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8202-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}