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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.4 Medium

CVE-2026-43895

jq: Embedded NUL in jq import paths causes local redaction-policy bypass and preserves sensitive fields in published artifacts

Description

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jq accepts embedded NUL bytes in import paths at the jq-language level, but later resolves those paths through C string operations during module and data-file lookup. This creates a mismatch between the logical import string that policy or audit code may validate and the on-disk path that jq actually opens.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

jqlang jq

  • <= 1.8.1affected

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