CVE-2026-44777 (GCVE-0-2026-44777)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-11 17:23
Modified
2026-05-11 20:11
CWE
Summary
jq is a command-line JSON processor. In 1.8.2rc1 and earlier, the ordinary module loader recurses without cycle detection when two otherwise valid modules include each other.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jqlang jq Version: <= 1.8.2rc1
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