Rocky Linux 10.2 [CIQ] Security Update: jq / jq-debuginfo / jq-debugsource / jq-devel Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2026_19151)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 354274

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 10.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2026_19151 advisory.

* jq: out-of-bounds read in jv_parse_sized() on error formatting for non-NUL-terminated buffers (CVE-2026-39979)

* jq: jq: Denial of Service via crafted JSON object causing hash collisions (CVE-2026-40164)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_19151.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19151

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458077

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458084

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2026:19151

http://www.nessus.org/u?552a1d34

http://www.nessus.org/u?7484c541

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 354274

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_10_2_crlsa-2026_19151.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.62

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: 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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39979, CVE-2026-40164