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CVE-2024-23337

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-05-21
  • WeaknessCWE-190

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Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, an integer overflow arises when assigning value using an index of 2147483647, the signed integer limit. This causes a denial of service. Commit de21386681c0df0104a99d9d09db23a9b2a78b1e contains a patch for the issue.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-05-2115:16CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Jqlang jq
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.7≤ 1.7.1no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • jqAlmaLinux:9all versions · fixed in 1.6-17.el9_6.2and 1 other package
  • jqAlmaLinux:8all versions · fixed in 1.6-11.el8_10and 1 other package

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2024-23337 Red Hat Product Security218 products fixed · 4 known affected

    jq: jq has signed integer overflow in jv.c:jvp_array_write

    automation-controller.src as a component of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · jq.src as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 4 · openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · +1 more

  • RHSA-2025:12882 Red Hat Product Security25 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update

  • RHSA-2025:10618 Red Hat Product Security31 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update

  • RHSA-2025:10620 Red Hat Product Security37 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update

  • RHSA-2025:10622 Red Hat Product Security7 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update

  • RHSA-2025:10621 Red Hat Product Security7 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update

5 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:12882 · 25 productsFor details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
  2. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:12882 · 25 productsDo not process untrusted input with the jq command line JSON processor.

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-05-21
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.14.3read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.16.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-190read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.5 %2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2025-05-21
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23337?

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, an integer overflow arises when assigning value using an index of 2147483647, the signed integer limit. This causes a denial of service. Commit de21386681c0df0104a99d9d09db23a9b2a78b1e contains a patch for the issue.

Is CVE-2024-23337 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-23337, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-23337?

CVE-2024-23337 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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