Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for the jq JSON processor addressing two vulnerabilities: a signed integer overflow (CVE-2024-23337) and a stack-buffer-overflow detected by AddressSanitizer (CVE-2025-48060). These issues affect jq versions included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 2 and related packages. The vulnerabilities have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. An update is available to remediate these issues. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
jq, a command-line JSON processor included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2, contains two security vulnerabilities: a signed integer overflow in the function jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337) and a stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) detected by AddressSanitizer (CVE-2025-48060). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has released an update to address these issues as part of advisory RHSA-2025:10615.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause memory corruption due to integer overflow and stack-buffer-overflow conditions in jq. This may lead to application crashes or potentially other undefined behavior. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for jq in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related packages to fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10615 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update
Description
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for the jq JSON processor addressing two vulnerabilities: a signed integer overflow (CVE-2024-23337) and a stack-buffer-overflow detected by AddressSanitizer (CVE-2025-48060). These issues affect jq versions included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. 2 and related packages. The vulnerabilities have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. An update is available to remediate these issues. No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
jq, a command-line JSON processor included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2, contains two security vulnerabilities: a signed integer overflow in the function jvp_array_write (CVE-2024-23337) and a stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) detected by AddressSanitizer (CVE-2025-48060). These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has released an update to address these issues as part of advisory RHSA-2025:10615.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could cause memory corruption due to integer overflow and stack-buffer-overflow conditions in jq. This may lead to application crashes or potentially other undefined behavior. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update for jq in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related packages to fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10615 and the referenced update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:10615
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-48060"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4e89e29bf47b50082c0d
Added to database: 6/2/2026, 9:43:37 PM
Last enriched: 6/2/2026, 10:16:35 PM
Last updated: 6/3/2026, 5:08:09 AM
Views: 2
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