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A vulnerability was determined in jqlang jq up to 1.6....

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Aug 25, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 25, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

A vulnerability was determined in jqlang jq up to 1.6. Impacted is the function run_jq_tests of the file jq_test.c of the component JSON Parser. Executing manipulation can lead to reachable assertion. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Other versions might be affected as well.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 25, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 25, 2025
Last updated Aug 25, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(2nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Reachable Assertion

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2025-9403

GHSA ID

GHSA-45r2-rx5v-q5f6

Source code

No known source code

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