Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update
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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and related CodeReady Linux Builder packages. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. The advisory provides updated package versions to remediate these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The jq utility in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 contains two security flaws: 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 issues could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has released updated jq packages for multiple architectures and variants of RHEL 8 to address these vulnerabilities. The advisory references the official Red Hat errata RHSA-2025:10618 for detailed patch information.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow memory corruption due to integer overflow and buffer overflow conditions in jq, potentially leading to denial of service or other impacts depending on jq usage. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated jq packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and related CodeReady Linux Builder variants. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10618 and the linked article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerabilities. 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 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and related CodeReady Linux Builder packages. The update is rated as having a moderate security impact. The advisory provides updated package versions to remediate these issues.
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The jq utility in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 contains two security flaws: 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 issues could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has released updated jq packages for multiple architectures and variants of RHEL 8 to address these vulnerabilities. The advisory references the official Red Hat errata RHSA-2025:10618 for detailed patch information.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow memory corruption due to integer overflow and buffer overflow conditions in jq, potentially leading to denial of service or other impacts depending on jq usage. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated jq packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and related CodeReady Linux Builder variants. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10618 and the linked article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the vulnerabilities. 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-2025:10618
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-48060"]
Threat ID: 6a1f4e89e29bf47b50082be3
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:37 UTC
Last enriched: 08/21/2026, 16:15:23 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:47 UTC
Views: 67
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