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CVE-2024-23337VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 39% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Product Security Red HatAffected
  • =1.5-12.el8_4.4
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated jq packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 AUS that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10621 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official update.

Description

Red Hat has issued a security advisory for jq, a command-line JSON processor, addressing two vulnerabilities: a signed integer overflow (CVE-2024-23337) and a stack-buffer-overflow detected by AddressSanitizer (CVE-2025-48060). These vulnerabilities affect jq version 1.5-12.el8_4.4 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 AUS. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory. Red Hat provides updated packages to remediate these issues.

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