CVE catalog
CVE-2023-50268
jq: CVE-2023-50268
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.44% · Oct 25, 2026
jq is a command-line JSON processor. Version 1.7 is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflow in builds using decNumber. Version 1.7.1 contains a patch for this issue.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | jq | sid | 1.8.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | jq | forky | 1.8.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | jq | trixie | 1.7.1-6+deb13u3 | fixed |
| Debian | jq | trixie-security | 1.7.1-6+deb13u4 | fixed |
| Debian | jq | bookworm | 1.6-2.1+deb12u2 | not affected |
| Debian | jq | bookworm-security | 1.6-2.1+deb12u3 | not affected |
| Alpine | jq | 3.19 | 1.7.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | jq | 3.22 | 1.7.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | jq | 3.23 | 1.7.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | jq | 3.24 | 1.7.1-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | jq | 24.04 | 1.6-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jq | 24.04 | 1.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | jq | 24.04 | 1.7.1-2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | jq | source | sid | 1.7.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1058763] |
| Debian | jq | source | forky | 1.7.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1058763] |
| Debian | jq | source | trixie | 1.7.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1058763] |
| Debian | jq | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | [1058763] |
| Alpine | jq | apk | 3.19 | 1.7.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50268 | Not reported |
| Alpine | jq | apk | 3.22 | 1.7.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50268 | Not reported |
| Alpine | jq | apk | 3.23 | 1.7.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50268 | Not reported |
| Alpine | jq | apk | 3.24 | 1.7.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-50268 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | jq | deb | 24.04 | 1.7.1-2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50268 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2026_23873-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-50268]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-50268]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-50268]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-50268]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-50268.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]