CVE-2025-9403 (GCVE-0-2025-9403)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-25 02:02
Modified
2025-08-25 16:48
Severity ?
1.9 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RC:R
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RC:R
CWE
Summary
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
cna@vuldb.comhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1r8m9PhU_rk-QPj6OMcs415FcvWPD-zJY/view?usp=sharingExploit
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues/3393Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?ctiid.321239Permissions Required, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?id.321239Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/?submit.633170Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues/3393Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://vuldb.com/?submit.633170Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jqlang jq Version: 1.0
Version: 1.1
Version: 1.2
Version: 1.3
Version: 1.4
Version: 1.5
Version: 1.6
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