USN-8202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in jq. This update provides the corresponding update to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string concatenations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-32316 ) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle recursion in certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-33947 ) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle improperly terminated strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-33948 ) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle checking certain variable types. An attacker...
USN-8202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in jq. This update provides the corresponding update to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string concatenations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-32316 )
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle recursion in certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-33947 )
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle improperly terminated strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-33948 )
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle checking certain variable types. An attacker...
USN-8202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in jq. This update provides the corresponding update to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string concatenations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-32316 ) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle recursion in certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-33947 ) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle improperly terminated strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-33948 ) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle checking certain variable types. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or leak sensitive information. ( CVE-2026-39956 ) It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string formatting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or cause a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-39979 ) It was discovered that jq used a fixed seed for hash table operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-40164 )
USN-8202-1 fixed vulnerabilities in jq. This update provides the corresponding update to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string concatenations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-32316 )
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle recursion in certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-33947 )
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle improperly terminated strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-33948 )
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle checking certain variable types. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or leak sensitive information. ( CVE-2026-39956 )
It was discovered that jq did not correctly handle certain string formatting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information or cause a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-39979 )
It was discovered that jq used a fixed seed for hash table operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. ( CVE-2026-40164 )
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