jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are available.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02915-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-48060: Fixed stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (bsc#1244116)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the jq package has been released.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is     present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on     file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are     available. (CVE-2025-48060)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-12882 advisory.

    - jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:12882 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2025:10618 advisory.

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of jq installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-48060 advisory.

  - jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is     present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on     file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are     available. (CVE-2025-48060)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of jq installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-48060 advisory.

  - jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is     present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on     file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are     available. (CVE-2025-48060)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7657-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled certain values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2024-23337)

    It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled NaN values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2024-53427)

    It was discovered that jq incorrectly handled certain values when parsing JSON data. A remote attacker     could use this issue to cause jq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2025-48060)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0117 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-23337:
    jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, an integer overflow arises     when assigning value using an index of 2147483647, the signed integer limit. This causes a denial of     service. Commit de21386681c0df0104a99d9d09db23a9b2a78b1e contains a patch for the issue.

    CVE-2025-48060:
    jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is     present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on     file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are     available.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:10585 advisory.

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)
      * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-10618 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2025-48060 AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt)
    - Fix CVE-2024-23337 jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:10618 advisory.

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)
      * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10618 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-10585 advisory.

    - Fix CVE-2025-48060
    - Fix CVE-2024-23337

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10619 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10622 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10615 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10620 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10613 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10616 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10621 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:10585 advisory.

    jq is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor. jq is like sed for JSON data. You can use it     to slice, filter, map, or transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep, or similar     applications allow you to manipulate text.

    Security Fix(es):

    * jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337)

    * jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) (CVE-2025-48060)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
252925	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : jq (SUSE-SU-2025:02915-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
251231	Photon OS 5.0: Jq PHSA-2025-5.0-0567	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
249335	Photon OS 4.0: Jq PHSA-2025-4.0-0841	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
247142	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-48060	Nessus	Misc.	high
243579	Oracle Linux 10 : jq (ELSA-2025-12882)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
243553	RHEL 10 : jq (RHSA-2025:12882)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
243090	RockyLinux 8 : jq (RLSA-2025:10618)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
243024	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: jq (CVE-2025-48060)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	high
243021	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: jq (CVE-2025-48060)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	high
242576	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : jq vulnerabilities (USN-7657-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
242482	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0117: jq (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0117)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	high
242000	AlmaLinux 9 : jq (ALSA-2025:10585)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
241633	Oracle Linux 8 : jq (ELSA-2025-10618)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
241631	AlmaLinux 8 : jq (ALSA-2025:10618)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
241573	RHEL 8 : jq (RHSA-2025:10618)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241571	Oracle Linux 9 : jq (ELSA-2025-10585)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
241569	RHEL 8 : jq (RHSA-2025:10619)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241568	RHEL 8 : jq (RHSA-2025:10622)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241566	RHEL 9 : jq (RHSA-2025:10615)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241565	RHEL 8 : jq (RHSA-2025:10620)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241539	RHEL 9 : jq (RHSA-2025:10613)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241538	RHEL 9 : jq (RHSA-2025:10616)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241527	RHEL 8 : jq (RHSA-2025:10621)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241526	RHEL 9 : jq (RHSA-2025:10585)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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