CVE-2026-40612

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 94% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jv_contains recurses into nested arrays/objects with no depth limit. With a sufficiently nested input structure (built programmatically with reduce, since the JSON parser caps at depth 10000), the C stack is exhausted.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 11, 2026

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Stack overflow via unbounded recursion in jv_contains · Advisory · jqlang/jq · GitHub

https://github.com/jqlang/jq/security/advisories/GHSA-r7m6-x9c7-h69j

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-40612(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatjq-main-1.8.2-0.1.hum12026-06-25redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
jq1.6-2.1 ... 1.8.2-1 (22 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
jq1.6-2.1 ... 1.8.2-1 (21 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
jq1.7.1-6+deb13u1, 1.7.1-6+deb13u21.7.1-6+deb13u3—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
jq1.8.0-1 ... 1.8.1-5 (6 versions)1.8.1-6—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 55× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  1. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-08-23 18:38 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-40612?
CVE-2026-40612 is a medium vulnerability published on May 11, 2026. jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.1 and earlier, jv_contains recurses into nested arrays/objects with no depth limit. With a sufficiently nested input structure (built programmatically with reduce, since the JSON parser caps at depth 10000), the C stack is exhausted.
When was CVE-2026-40612 disclosed?
CVE-2026-40612 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 11, 2026, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-40612 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-40612 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-40612?
CVE-2026-40612 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-40612?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-40612, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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