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 issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants. The vulnerabilities have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The jq utility in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 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 vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has released updated jq packages for affected 8.6 variants to address these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the impact is rated as moderate.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow memory corruption due to integer overflow and buffer overflow conditions in jq, potentially leading to application crashes or undefined behavior. 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 8.6 variants to fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:10620) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.
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 issues affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 variants. The vulnerabilities have been rated with moderate severity by Red Hat. The advisory provides updated packages to remediate these issues.
Affected software
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The jq utility in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 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 vulnerabilities could potentially lead to memory corruption. Red Hat has released updated jq packages for affected 8.6 variants to address these issues. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the impact is rated as moderate.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities could allow memory corruption due to integer overflow and buffer overflow conditions in jq, potentially leading to application crashes or undefined behavior. 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 8.6 variants to fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:10620) and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patches.
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"]
Threat ID: 6a1f4e89e29bf47b50082bdc
Added to database: 06/02/2026, 21:43:37 UTC
Last enriched: 08/21/2026, 16:15:13 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:47 UTC
Views: 124
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