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Google: app-misc/jq: security update to 18867.90.62

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452450

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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)

Solution

Update the app-misc/jq library and its related packages to version 18867.90.62 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-121.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 452450

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48060

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-48060