RHSA-2026:18042

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-05-18 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-15 16:06
Summary
security update for jq
Severity
Important
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for jq
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2026:18042. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18042.
Patchnames: RHSA-2026:18042
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2026-39979
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:jq-1.6-17.el9_6.4.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:jq-1.6-17.el9_6.4.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:jq-devel-1.6-17.el9_6.4.i686 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 9:jq-devel-1.6-17.el9_6.4.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2026-40164
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2026-39979
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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