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CVE-2025-48060

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2025-05-21
  • WeaknessCWE-121 · CWE-787

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Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are available.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2025-05-2118:15CVE 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-2025-48060 Red Hat Product Security243 products fixed · 3 known affected

    jq: AddressSanitizer: stack-buffer-overflow in jq_fuzz_execute (jv_string_vfmt)

    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

  • RHSA-2025:15672 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.13.60 bug fix and security update

  • RHSA-2025:14853 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.14.56 bug fix and security update

  • RHSA-2025:14396 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.15.57 bug fix and security update

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

    Red Hat Security Advisory: jq security update

  • RHSA-2025:11677 Red Hat Product Security4 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.21 bug fix and security update

11 more advisories

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:15672 · 1 productFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:14853 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
  3. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:14396 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
  4. 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
  5. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:11677 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…
  6. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2025:11681 · 4 productsFor OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.…

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:24 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedleorivass/jq-els-backport-cve-2025-48060
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-05-21
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 4.07.7read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-121read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-787read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.6 %2026-10-23
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept1read 2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 4.0 vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published
2025-05-21
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48060?

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, a heap-buffer-overflow is present in function `jv_string_vfmt` in the jq_fuzz_execute harness from oss-fuzz. This crash happens on file jv.c, line 1456 `void* p = malloc(sz);`. As of time of publication, no patched versions are available.

Is CVE-2025-48060 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2025-48060, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-48060?

CVE-2025-48060 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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