Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update
Two security vulnerabilities have been identified in the jq command-line JSON processor used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 6 variants. The first is a signed integer overflow in the jvp_array_write function (CVE-2024-23337), and the second is a stack-buffer-overflow detected by AddressSanitizer in jq_fuzz_execute (CVE-2025-48060). Both issues have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. An update addressing these vulnerabilities is available for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 6 versions.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The jq utility, a tool for processing JSON data on the command line, contains two vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 distributions. CVE-2024-23337 is a signed integer overflow in the jvp_array_write function within jv.c, and CVE-2025-48060 is a stack-buffer-overflow identified in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) via AddressSanitizer. These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:10620) with updated jq packages to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities involve memory corruption issues (integer overflow and stack-buffer-overflow) in jq that could be exploited to cause unexpected behavior or crashes when processing specially crafted JSON data. Red Hat rates the security impact as Moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The affected products include multiple variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated jq packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10620 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issues. Since this is an on-premises product, system administrators must manually apply these patches. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update
Description
Two security vulnerabilities have been identified in the jq command-line JSON processor used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 6 variants. The first is a signed integer overflow in the jvp_array_write function (CVE-2024-23337), and the second is a stack-buffer-overflow detected by AddressSanitizer in jq_fuzz_execute (CVE-2025-48060). Both issues have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. An update addressing these vulnerabilities is available for affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 6 versions.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The jq utility, a tool for processing JSON data on the command line, contains two vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 distributions. CVE-2024-23337 is a signed integer overflow in the jvp_array_write function within jv.c, and CVE-2025-48060 is a stack-buffer-overflow identified in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt) via AddressSanitizer. These vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has issued a security advisory (RHSA-2025:10620) with updated jq packages to remediate these issues.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities involve memory corruption issues (integer overflow and stack-buffer-overflow) in jq that could be exploited to cause unexpected behavior or crashes when processing specially crafted JSON data. Red Hat rates the security impact as Moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time. The affected products include multiple variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated jq packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:10620 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issues. Since this is an on-premises product, system administrators must manually apply these patches. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:10620
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-48060"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a1f4e89e29bf47b50082bdc
Added to database: 6/2/2026, 9:43:37 PM
Last enriched: 6/2/2026, 10:16:00 PM
Last updated: 6/3/2026, 5:02:14 AM
Views: 2
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